Electoral Palatinate
The tower - and also the hunting lodge of Kehrdichannichts only 600 metres away - were probably built by John Frederick of Leiningen (1661–1722) initially to guard the boundary of the hunting grounds between Leiningen and Electoral Palatinate, and then later expanded into a small Baroque hunting lodge. They lie fairly high up on the southwestern ridge of the "Dreispitz"; and enabled good observation of the hunting activities of their neighbours from Electoral Palatinate.