The construction of the first viewing tower on the Fremersberg was finished in 1883. It was raised in 1900 to a height of around 28 metres, using rubble stone from a Sinzheim quarry. In 1954 it had to be demolished due to its instability and consequent danger of collapse. By July 1954 a new tower had been built from the old stone that was more stable. As the establishment of a TV studio for Südwestfunk in Hans-Bredow-Straße in Baden-Baden required a permanent microwave relay station, the tower was pulled down for aesthetic reasons and rebuilt. It now acted both as a viewing tower and as the necessary transmission site. This work was completed in autumn 1961 and the new transmission tower was opened with a viewing platform at a height of 30 metres.