Eckerich, Mountain summit in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Germany.

The Eckerich is a 268 m high hill, the southernmost elevation of the Elberberger Höhen, lying between Geismar and Fritzlar in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. With the Büraberg opposite it forms the Porta Hassiaca, where the Eder leaves the Wildungen basin. Its wooded summit plateau carries the Eckerichswarte, and a former limestone quarry cuts into its western slope.

The Eckerichswarte on the summit was built around 1350 as a watchtower of Fritzlar's medieval town fortifications. The round tower of natural stone has walls 1.35 m thick, stands about 8 m high and measures 20.8 m in circumference. A deep ditch, an inner retaining wall and the remains of a ring wall surround it; the entrance door sits at about 3.5 m height, and the stairway to it is gone. Until the 1950s limestone was quarried on the western slope.

The hill lies on the 139 km Bonifatiuspfad long-distance trail through Fritzlar and Borken, and walkers on it pass the Eckerichswarte. The tower's name is used for the summit itself. The former limestone quarry on the west slope now serves as a barbecue area.

The Bonifatiuspfad, a 139 km long-distance trail, crosses the Eckerich, and the Barbarossaweg runs a few kilometres south through the Eder floodplain. The hill's west and south-west sides drop steeply about 100 m to the Eder valley, while the east side toward Fritzlar flattens gradually. The former quarry on the west slope is now used as a barbecue area.

The Eckerichswarte on the wooded plateau is a round stone watchtower built around 1350 as part of Fritzlar's medieval town defences. Its walls are 1.35 m thick, it stands about 8 m high, and its entrance door sits some 3.5 m above the ground, reached by a stairway that no longer exists. A deep ditch, an inner retaining wall and the remains of a ring wall surround it.