Berblinger-Turm
Berblinger-Turm rises twenty metres in Ulm as an observation tower shaped around a distinctive spiral staircase. Its elevated position offers panoramic views across the city and towards the Danube.
The tower stands at the exact site where Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger attempted to fly across the Danube in 1811. A local tailor and inventor, Berblinger designed a hang glider for that attempt. Unfavourable winds brought the flight down, yet Ulm commemorates his pioneering ambition here.
Brunner and Ritz designed the structure to lean ten degrees towards the Danube. That angle gives the twenty-metre landmark a clear visual connection with Berblinger’s forward-looking ideas. The spiral staircase remains its most distinctive architectural detail.
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