Weißtannenturm, Wooden observation tower in Kehl, Germany.

Weißtannenturm is a wooden observation tower in Kehl that rises 44 meters high with multiple viewing platforms at different levels. From these platforms, visitors can see the Rhine River and the surrounding landscape in all directions.

The Weißtannenturm was built in 2003 in the Garten der zwei Ufer in Kehl. Its three load-bearing trunks of white fir were felled in a forest in Nordrach and are braced with galvanized steel beams and tie rods. About 100 cubic metres of fir wood went into the structure, including the 199 plank steps of the outer staircase.

The tower stands in the Garten der zwei Ufer, the cross-border garden laid out on both banks of the Rhine between Kehl and Strasbourg. Its name refers to the Weißtanne, the silver fir, the wood of the trunks felled in a Nordrach forest. The 199 wooden steps are climbed on the outside of the three fir-trunk supports.

The tower has no lift or ramp, so the 35-metre platform is reached only by climbing 199 wooden steps: a first flight of 17 steps, then 14 flights of 13. The staircase runs up the outside of the three fir-trunk supports. There are two observation platforms, at 30 and 35 metres.

The three load-bearing trunks were felled in a forest at Nordrach, while three slimmer firs in the centre carry no load and rise above the outer posts. About 100 cubic metres of white fir wood went into the tower, including the 199 plank steps.