Lauterberg

Lauterberg is an artificially constructed mountain in the Stadtgarten with a height of about 154 meters above sea level and an observation platform at its summit. From there, visitors can look out across the entire Karlsruhe region.

The mountain was built between 1889 and 1893 and originally contained a water reservoir that supplied Karlsruhe until 1967. After that, the basin was filled with concrete for safety reasons.

The mountain is named after Wilhelm Florentin Lauter, the mayor who commissioned its construction but never witnessed its completion. Visitors can still learn about this history through information signs along the pathways.

Access to the observation platform goes through the adjacent Zoological Garden, where educational paths with information about bird species lead to the summit. The well-developed paths make for a comfortable climb for most visitors.

The construction materials came from excavating two lakes that once lay beneath what is now the railway station square, removed until 1913. This excavation provided the soil and stone needed to build up the artificial mountain.