Weißer Stein is the name of a 548 m (1,798 ft) tall mountain in the Odenwald

Odenwald

The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...

, north of Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

 and east of Dossenheim

Dossenheim

Dossenheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It is located on Bergstrasse and Bertha Benz Memorial Route.-Location:...

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On Weißer Stein is a 20 m tall lookout tower. It was built in 1906 by the members of the Odenwald club. In good weather other high mountains of the Odenwald can be seen, such as Melibokus

Melibokus

The Melibokus is at 517 metres , the highest mountain in the Bergstraße region of southern Hesse, central Germany. The mountain overlooks the Rhine valley on the western fringe of the Odenwald region and is a local landmark, clearly visible for many miles...

, Katzenbuckel

Katzenbuckel

The Katzenbuckel is an extinct volcano and the highest elevation of the Odenwald. The mountain is located eastwards of Eberbach, near the village of Waldbrunn....

, Tromm

Tromm

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 and Neunkircher Höhe

Neunkircher Höhe

The Neunkircher Höhe is the highest elevation of the Hessian part of the Odenwald. The mountain is located near the village Neunkirchen and is the origin of the rivers Modau, Gersprenz and Lauter....

. Near the tower is the Höhengaststätte Weißer Stein tavern with a beer garden.

Nearby is the 108 m (354 ft) tall broadcast tower of the Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom

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AG (German telephone company) and an additional antenna mast. The broadcast tower is a type 11.

Coordinates:

• Lookout tower: 8°43'23" East, 49°27'11" North
• Broadcast tower: 8°43'26" East, 49°27'15" North
• Antenna mast: 8°43'17" East, 49°27'10" North

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The tower on the Weißer Stein