Bachtel Tower

Bachtel Tower (German: Bachtelturm) is a 60 m (200 ft) tall radio tower on 1,115 m (3,658 ft) high Bachtel mountain near Hinwil, Switzerland, overlooking the Zürcher Oberland.

It was built as replacement for a smaller observation tower on the site in 1986.

On the observation deck of Bachtel Tower there is an illustration with the names of the mountains of the Swiss Alps visible.

This illustration was designed by Paul Thalmann from Wernetshausen near Hinwil.

This second tower was declared in 1979 by the government of the canton of Zürich as an object of historic preservation.