Feldberg/Taunus transmitter

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The Feldberg/Taunus transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting and for directional radio services.

It is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting; a 116.17 metre high guyed mast is used as an antenna tower. It is located on the Grosser Feldberg, the highest mountain in the Taunus region of Germany.

The telecommunication tower on the Grosser Feldberg is a combination of a multistoried building and a telecommunications tower of unconventional design.

1 History
2 Present status
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] History

This tower was built in 1937 as a 53 m high reinforced concrete construction with an upper section built of wood. After 1939 it became a television tower for the Rhine Main Area, but during World War II it was used as a radar station.

Before the end of World War II the tower was heavily damaged by bombs, and the structure burned down.

In 1950 reconstruction of the tower was started. The lower 5 floors were reused in the 21.20 meters high reinforced concrete base. On these a 17.65 m high structural steel framework with 5 projections was set up. This carried a 30.28 m high timber construction with 9 floors, so that the tower (without the UHF antenna installed on the top) has a total height of 69.13 m.

Since numerous directional antennas were set up, all connections of the wooden upper building had to be manufactured without metal.