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Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower was a , freestanding steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen,
Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower was a , freestanding steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The tower, with its unique triangular cross section, was built from 1924 to 1925. The tower collapsed during the storm Quimburga on 13 November 1972.
See also
*Lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for a ...
* List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
* List of famous transmission sites
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konigs Wusterhausen Central Tower Lattice towers Former radio masts and towers Communication towers in Germany Dahme-Spreewald 1925 establishments in Germany Towers completed in 1925 Buildings and structures demolished in 1972 1972 disestablishments in East Germany