General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical cantilever structure |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Television transmission tower |
| Material: |
Concrete tower |
| Function / usage: |
VHF/UHF transmitter |
Location
| Location: |
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
|---|---|
| Address: | Inneren Kanalstraße |
| Coordinates: | 50° 56' 49.88" N 6° 55' 54.53" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 252.5 m 2005: 266 m |
|
| site area | 10 698.0 m² | |
| height to platform | 165.0 m | |
| foundation cone | volume | 4 500.0 m³ |
| foundation ring | width | 7.0 m |
| exterior diameter | 35.0 m | |
| foundations | weight | 5 060 t |
| depth | 10.50 m | |
| shaft | height | 207.5 m |
| diameter at base | 14.90 m | |
| diameter at platform | 8.80 m | |
| wall thickness | 0.37 - 0.81 m | |
| diameter at top | 5.00 m | |
| Initial construction | ||
|---|---|---|
| antenna | height | 35.8 m |
| diameter at top | 3.0 m | |
Quantities
| foundations | concrete volume | 2 300 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 300 t | |
| volume of extracted material | 12 000 m³ | |
| platforms | structural steel | 570 t |
| concrete volume | 750 m³ | |
| prestressing steel | 1 020 t | |
| reinforcing steel | 141 t | |
| shaft | concrete volume | 4 320.0 m³ |
| reinforcing steel | 783 t |
Materials
| shaft |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| foundations |
prestressed concrete
|
| platforms |
steel
|
Participants
Owner
Architecture
-
Heinle, Wischer und Partner
- Erwin Heinle (architect)
Structural engineering
-
Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner
- Fritz Leonhardt (structural engineer)
Checking engineering
-
Ingenieurbüro Dipl.-Ing. Eugen Pirlet
- Eugen Pirlet (checking engineer)
Co-contractor
Construction supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1980): Fernmeldeturm Köln. In: Tiefbau, Ingenieurbau, Straßenbau (August 1980), pp. 702-705.
- (1980): Die Stahlkonstruktion für die Kanzel des Fernmeldeturms Köln. In: Bauingenieur, v. 55 ( 1980), pp. 377-380.
- (1998): Den Wolken Entgegen. 2nd edition, Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich (Germany), pp. 46-47.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000119 - Published on:
11/03/1999 - Last updated on:
09/06/2017
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