Fernsehturm Stuttgart
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The Fernsehturm Stuttgart (TV Tower Stuttgart) is the world's first TV tower built from concrete (and prototype for many towers of that kind all over the world).
It is located on the so-called "Hohen Bopser" hill in the Stuttgart district of Degerloch. After a construction period of 20 months it was taken into service on February 5, 1956, by Süddeutscher Rundfunk (today: Südwestrundfunk – SWR). The tower broadcasts several FM radio stations as well as Germany's ARD TV network. Although the tower was controversial at first, it quickly became a well-known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction. From the two observation decks there is a beautiful view of Stuttgart, from the forests and vinyards in and around Stuttgart to the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. On clear days, even the Swiss Alps can be seen.
- Architect: Professor Dr. Ing. Fritz Leonhardt
- Geographical Coordinates:
- Altitude: Foot of the tower 483 m above sea level
- Overall height up to the antenna point: 216.8 meters
- Height of the upper observation deck: 153.5 meters
- Height of the lower observation deck: 150 meters
- Diameter of the foundation: 27 meters
- Total weight of the tower: approximately 3000 tons
- Weight of the foundation: approximately 1500 tons
- Driving speed of the elevators: 4 m per second
- Panorama Café on a platform of the tower basket
- Maximum diameter of the tower basket: 15 meters
History
- 10 January 1954: Start of construction
- 5 February 1956: Inauguration
- October 1965 until December 1965: Extension of antenna, hence today the tower is 216.8 meters tall.
Contents
Other Transmission Towers in Stuttgart (not accessible to public)
- Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf (height: 192.4 m)
- Vodafone-Funkturm Stuttgart-Vaihingen (height: 98.6 m)
- Funkturm Stuttgart (height: 93 m)
- Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen (height: 93 m)
- Funkturm Stuttgart-Burgholzhof (height: 47 m)
Similar towers
External links
Literature
- TV tower Stuttgart, TV tower operating GmbH, Stuttgart, 1991
- Professor Dr.-Ingenieur Walther Drechsel, tower structures, Wiesbaden, Berlin, 1967
- Schlaich, Joerg and Matthias Schueller civil engineering leader Baden-Wuerttemberg, building publishing house, Berlin (Germany), 1999; Page 486-488.
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