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Berger Warte, Medieval watchtower in Seckbach, Germany.

Berger Warte is a round watchtower about 12 metres high, built of red Main sandstone in the mid-16th century. It stands at 212.4 metres above sea level on the Berger Rücken ridge, on the highest point of Frankfurt's city area, in the Seckbach district near the border with Bergen-Enkheim and a few metres west of the B521 road. A circular wall with a simple ditch and wooden palisades once surrounded it at a distance of about twelve metres.

The current stone tower was built in 1557, replacing an older wooden structure that had stood on the same spot. It was part of a network of towers meant to monitor the Hohen Strasse, one of the main trade routes through the region.

The tower's name comes from Bergen, the neighbouring district; the wooden predecessor was recorded in 1340 as Geierswarte. Frankfurt's escort service for travelling merchants began or ended here, on the road toward Bischofsheim. A street and field name, Am Galgen, still recalls the execution site of the Bornheimer Berg court that stood nearby from 1484 to 1834.

The tower sits within the Regionalpark Rhein-Main and is reached by marked footpaths that connect to the wider trail network in the area. It fits naturally into a longer walk through the park and does not require much planning.

The dry moat surrounding the tower is still intact and clearly visible from ground level, which is rare among towers of this type. Most comparable structures lost their moats over time as the land around them was reworked.

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