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General Information

Other name(s): Ettelsbergturm
Beginning of works: 2001
Completion: 2002
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Observation tower
Material: Reinforced concrete tower

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 51° 16' 43" N    8° 35' 59" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 59 m
platform diameter 12 m
height to platform 44 m

Cost

cost of construction Euro 2 000 000

Materials

shaft reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Hochheideturm is a 59-metre-high (194 ft) observation tower, with a completely glassed prospect platform on 831 metres high, located in Ettelsberg, Germany, near Willingen. The northwest side of the tower is the highest artificial climbing wall of Europe (height: 41 metres).

Construction

Hochheideturm was designed by Karl Suck in Korbach and is constructed of reinforced concrete construction with octagonal cross section.

Erection of Hochheideturm, which belongs to Ettelsberg aerial ropeway GmbH & CO. kg, cost 2 million euro and started in November 2001, after construction permit was given on 16 October 2001. On 31 January 2002 its foundation was finished and on 15 April 2002 the above ground construction work. Over the prospect platform there is an engineering floor, in which transmitters for police radio services are installed.

Celebration for the tower was on 16 August 2002, with final the above ground construction work occurring on 27 September 2002. One day later it was already open for the public. The official inauguration took place on 18 October 2002.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hochheideturm" and modified on 7 February 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20038792
  • Published on:
    06/08/2008
  • Last updated on:
    08/02/2022
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