General Information
| Other name(s): | Gaußturm |
|---|---|
| Beginning of works: | 1963 |
| Completion: | 1964 |
| Duration of works: | 11 months |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Observation tower Communications mast or tower |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete tower |
Location
| Location: |
Dransfeld, Göttingen (Kreis), Lower Saxony, Germany |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 51° 28' 26.76" N 9° 45' 58" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 51 m | |
| foundations | diameter | 13 m |
| observation deck | diameter | 13 m |
| platform 1 | diameter | 18 m |
| shaft | diameter | 5 m |
Materials
| shaft |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower.
The tower is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, who made the large triangle from the Hohen Hagen break into Inselsberg a basis of his survey of Hanover.
From 1909 to 1963, there had already been a Gaussturm nearby. It broke when a quarry was expanded too far in the 1950s.
Data
- Construction period: 11 months
- Completion: September 1964
- Viewing platform: 528 m over NN
- Tower height: 51 m
- Foundation: 6 m deep, with a diameter of 13 m.
- Diameter of tower shaft: 5 m
- 1st platform: 18 m (at a value of 14,5 m)
- Top platform: 13 m
- Elevator capacity: Maximum 8 persons
- Travel time: 55 seconds
- Emergency stairway: 225 steps, leading from the viewing platform to the entrance and/or the cellar
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Gauss Tower" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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20019138 - Published on:
23/01/2006 - Last updated on:
15/05/2015
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