Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg (german: Fernmeldeturm Heidelberg) is a 102 meter tall (originally 80m, raised to 102m in the 1980s) telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete in the late 1950s on the mountain Königsstuhl near Heidelberg, Germany. Nearby are
Fernsehturm Heidelberg
The Fernsehturm Heidelberg is a transmission tower for FM and DVB-T on the Königstuhl hill of Heidelberg at . It was the property of the City of Heidelberg and sold to the SWR. Because of its exposed location on the crest of the hill the tower ...
and
Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg
Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg is an 80 metre tall telecommunication tower of the US Army in Europe on the mountain Königsstuhl, which is part of the City of Heidelberg at . The Telecommunication Tower of US-Army in Europe is on ...
. Like the other two towers, this structure has been converted from steel beams to reinforced concrete.
Only three analog FM radio channels are currently transmitted. Its main use is microwave communications for Deutsche Telekom also known as T-COM (t-home/t-mobile).
See also
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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 ...
External links
* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b60552
Communication towers in Germany
Buildings and structures in Heidelberg
1958 establishments in West Germany
Towers completed in 1958
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