Rheinturm
Telecommunications tower in Germany
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::summary Telecommunications tower in Germany ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rheinturm |
| image | Rheinturm - Gesamtansicht vom Medienhafen.jpg |
| caption | Rheinturm and Media Harbour |
| location | Düsseldorf |
| location_country | Germany |
| coordinates | |
| start_date | 20 January 1979 |
| completion_date | 1 December 1981 |
| inauguration_date | 1 March 1982 |
| architect | Harald Deilmann |
| altitude | 36.6 metres NHN |
| building_type | Telecommunications tower |
| with restaurant and observation deck | |
| structural_system | Reinforced concrete |
| height | 240.5 m |
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The Rheinturm (; 'Rhine Tower') is a 240.5 m concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 172.5 metres (564ft) tall and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 168 metres (551ft). It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on 1 December 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres (768ft) tall. The observation deck is open to the public daily from 10:00 to 23:30.
As a special attraction, a light sculpture on its shaft works as a clock. This sculpture was designed by Horst H. Baumann and is called Lichtzeitpegel (light time level). The light sculpture on the Rheinturm is the largest digital clock in the world. The clock is a 24-hour clock with six sets of lights, two each for the Hour (00 to 24), Minutes (00 to 60), and Seconds (00 to 60), to be read from top to bottom.
Gallery
File:Düsseldorf (DE), Rheinturm und Landtag -- 2023 -- 0066.jpg|Rheinturm at blue hour File:Blick vom Rheinturm auf Düsseldorf.jpg|View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Stadtmitte File:Rheinturm Düsseldorf NRW mit Sternschnuppe.jpg|Rheinturm Düsseldorf 70th Anniversary of the state NRW Illumination with Rhine Comet File:Rheinturm uhrzeit.jpg|The Rheinturm displaying the time. The number of dots represents the Hour, Minutes, and Seconds as shown in the image above File:View on Düsseldorf from Rheinturm.jpg|View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Bürger Park
References
Literature
- Klaus Müller, Hermann Wegener, Heinz-Gerd Wöstemeyer: Rheinturm Düsseldorf: Daten und Fakten Triltsch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1990, .
- Roland Kanz: Architekturführer Düsseldorf. Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin 2001, , S. 81.
- Klaus Englert: … in die Jahre gekommen. Der Rheinturm in Düsseldorf. In db Deutsche Bauzeitung 141, 2007, Nr.6, S. 85–88, ISSN 0721-1902.
- Erwin Heinle, Fritz Leonhardt: Türme aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, , S. 235.
References
- (2003-08-09). "All brewing up nicely: jet off to Germany for a guaranteed weekend of good cheer". The Times.
- Müller, Wegener, Wöstemeyer: ''Rheinturm Düsseldorf'', p. 18
- (2021-04-09). "Fernsehturm in Düsseldorf: Was Sie über den Rheinturm wissen müssen".
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