Gauss Tower

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Gauss Tower
Gauss Tower

The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the High Hagens in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A managed panorama restaurant 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

List of towers

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°28′26″N, 9°45′57″E

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