Fernsehturm Stuttgart () is a telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the world's first telecommunications tower constructed from reinforced concrete, and is thus the original modernist architecture highrise needle tower with a "basket" atop that would be built worldwide in the following years. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
Location
The tower is located on the hill Hoher Bopser (elevation 483 meters) in the southern Stuttgart borough of Degerloch. The tower was reopened on 30 January 2016 with a refurbished entrance, shop area and new, optimised fire safety precautions.
Gallery
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Stuttgart TV tower at night.jpg|Fernsehturm Stuttgart after dark
Fernsehturm stuttgart plaque.jpg|Commemorative plaque at the tower's base
Fundamentfuss-Stuttgarter-Fernsehturm.png|Foundation of Fernsehturm Stuttgart
Informationstafel Fernsehturm Stuttgart26082018.png|Stations transmitted from the tower
Stuttgarter Fernsehturm en.svg|Tower basket
Fernsehturm Stuttgart and Full Moon Summer 2013 06.jpg|The tower in 2013, with the full moon rising behind it, seen from the west
StuttgartTVTowerObservationDeck.jpg|Observation deck
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See also
- Florianturm, Dortmund
- Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
- Rheinturm Düsseldorf
- Sentech Tower, Johannesburg
- Donauturm, Vienna
- CN Tower, Toronto
- Macau Tower
- Sky Tower (Auckland), Auckland
- Fernsehturm Berlin
- Space Needle, Seattle
- Ostankino Tower, Moscow
References
Further reading
External links
- TV tower Stuttgart
- Satellite Image