One of the most striking buildings of the Mathildenhöhe is the Hochzeitsturm that has become by now Darmstadt's landmark.
The town Darmstadt constructed the tower to celebrate the wedding of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig with Princess Eleonore zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich on the 2nd of February 1905.
The architect Josef Maria Olbrich, 1899 called by the Grand Duke to the artists' colony, designed the 48m high tower that was completed in 1908.