The Europe 1 Transmitter building is located in Felsberg, a part of the municipality
Ãœberherrn
Ãœberherrn is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated along the river Bist on the border with France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western ...
,
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 ...
close to the French border. It was built in 1954 to house the transmitter device of
Europe 1
Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. Owned and operated by Lagardère Active, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it is one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in France and its pro ...
, and the maiden transmission was made on January 1, 1955.
The building is a very remarkable concrete construction without support pillars, and is nowadays under monumental protection. In front of the building, there is a telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete, which should be used for transmitting the programme of
Telesaar
Telesaar is the designation of the first German private television station. It was brought in 1954 by the European Broadcast and Television AG, which also operates the transmitter of Europe 1.
This was permitted, because until the end of 1956 the ...
. It has a length of 82 metres, a width of 43 metres, a surface area of 2,700 square metres (from which are 1770 square metres of glass) and a volume of 31,000 cube metres. Waste heat generated by the transmitters is cycled to heat the inside of the building.
See also
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Longwave transmitter Europe 1
The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned radio station in Germany, situated between and Berus/Saar, Germany. It transmitted on 183 kHz with a power of 2,000 kilowatts a French speaking programme, Europe 1 toward France ...
External links
* http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tvignaud/am/e1/e1_bat.htm
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Transmitter sites in Germany
Buildings and structures in Saarlouis (district)
1954 establishments in Saar
Buildings and structures completed in 1954
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