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Atzelberg Transmission Tower

General Information

Name in local language: Fernmeldeturm Atzelberg
Completion: 1969
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 50° 10' 28.19" N    8° 23' 19.73" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 98 m

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Atzelberg Tower (German:Atzelberg Turm "Atzel Mountain Tower"), also known as Atzelberg Observation Tower for long, was a 30.39 m-high (99.7 ft) German wooden lattice observation tower that was located on the summit of the 506.7 m-high (1,662 ft) mountain of Atzelberg. The Atzelberg Tower had a floor count of 6 floors including both the ground floor and the top. The Atzelberg Tower's top floor measured 30.39 m (99.7 ft) above sea level. The tower also had a roof which measured 31 m (102 ft) from the ground. The observation tower's top floor can only be reached through its 150-stepped staircases. The tower was used from the year of its construction, 1980, until 5 August 2008, when it was ravaged by fire that was caused by arson, as an observation tower on the top of the Atzelberg, which provided viewers and/or observers a good view of the surrounding areas.

History

The Atzelberg Tower's construction was commenced in 1980, finishing the construction in the same year. The tower was then destroyed 28 years later, specifically, on 5 August 2008, by fire that was caused by arson, since the number of criminals and vandals that year also rose.

Geography

The Atzelberg Tower was situated on the summit of the 506.7 m-high (1,662 ft) mountain, Atzelberg, which in turn is located in the town of Kelkheim, in the kreis (district) of Main-Taunus, in the state of Hesse, in Germany.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Atzelberg Tower" and modified on 10 February 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20028417
  • Published on:
    11/06/2007
  • Last updated on:
    15/05/2015
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