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The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is the Nürnberg
Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
 telecommunication tower, also called the Nürnberger Ei (Egg of Nuremberg) because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to blueprint
Blueprint

A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....
s by architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 Erwin Heinle.






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Fernmeldeturm Nuernberg Komplett
The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is the Nürnberg
Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....
 telecommunication tower, also called the Nürnberger Ei (Egg of Nuremberg) because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to blueprint
Blueprint

A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....
s by architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 Erwin Heinle. The tower basket accommodates transmission mechanisms for Frequency modulation
Frequency modulation

In telecommunications, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency . In analog signal applications, the instantaneous frequency of the carrier is directly proportional to the instantaneous value of the input signal....
, DAB
Digital audio broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting , also known as EUREKA, is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in the UK and Europe....
, UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

File:UMTS Network Architecture.pngUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System is one of the third-generation mobile telecommunications technologies, which is also being developed into a 4G technology....
, pager
Pager

A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then expected to call....
, amateur radio
Amateur radio

Amateur radio, often called Etymology of ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for Public services, recreation and self-training....
 and a microwave radio relay
Microwave radio relay

Microwave radio relay is a technology for transmitting digital signal and analog signal Signalling , such as long-distance telephone calls and the relay of television programs to transmitters, between two locations on a Line-of-sight propagation radio path....
 link and – closed since 1991 – a rotating restaurant and a prospect platform. Responsible operator is the DFMG Deutsche Funkturm (German radio tower) GmbH
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a type of Juristic personvery common in Germany , Austria , Switzerland, and other Central European countries....
, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom Aktiengesellschaft is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the European Union....
 based in Münster
Münster

M?nster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region and it is also capital of the government region M?nster ....
. From 22 January 2003 to 4 April 2003 the Nürnberg telecommunication tower also served for the spreading of the program of megaradio
Megaradio

MEGARADIO was a German language-speaking privately owned radio station, which transmitted on several frequencies from transmission facilities in Germany ....
 on mediumwave
Mediumwave

Medium Wave is a part of the Medium frequency radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. Some experiments and trials are planned or under way for a digital modulation such as Digital Radio Mondiale ....
 frequency 945 kHz. For this a wire antenna was strung along the tower shaft, from the top of the tower to the roof of an operating building near the tower.

Forerunner


From 1927 to 1969 broadcasting programs in medium wave were emitted by the Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth

The Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth was a broadcasting facility for medium-wave. It was founded in 1927 in Nuremberg-Kleinreuth at the former Broadcast Street 24, now Sigmund Street 181, in order to supply the northern areas of Bavaria with broadcast programs in the medium-wave band....
 at the former Rundfunkstraße (Broadcast street) 24. This transmitter was laid to the radio emitting station of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk

Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the Germany Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich....
 (Bavarian Broadcasting Company) on 15 September 1969 on the Dillberg mountain (see: Dillberg transmitter
Dillberg transmitter

Dillberg transmitter is a facility of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company onthe 595 metre high Dillberg mountain west of Neumarkt/Oberpfalz. Dillberg transmitter went in service in 1955 for...
) where the broadcasting programs of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company are still emitted today.

Technical data


  • Total height: 292.80 m (as of 9 April 2005)
  • Total weight: 23,000 t
  • Maximum diameter of the tower basket: 32.00 m
  • Height of the tower basket: 49.70 m
  • Height of the restaurant floor: 189 m
  • Stairs to the prospect platform: 1,170
  • Stairs and staves to the top: 1,455
  • Lift velocity (up to 30 persons): 7 m/s
  • Material lift velocity (up to 13 persons): 2 m/s
  • Construction time: 12 July 1977 (laying of the foundation stone) to 8 August 1980 (official opening)


DVB-T
DVB-T

DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting ?? Terrestrial; it is the Digital Video Broadcasting European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television....
-Channels from the Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg


Channel Programs in the bouquet ERP
Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains....
 Polarisation
E6 Das Erste
Das Erste

Das Erste is the principal public broadcasting television channel in German television. It is a joint production of Germany's regional public broadcasters acting through, and coordinated by the ARD consortium....
, Phoenix
Phoenix (German TV station)

Phoenix is a publicly-funded television station in Germany which is jointly held by the public broadcasting organizations ARD and ZDF. Its programming consists of documentaries, news broadcasts, special events coverage, and discussion programmes....
, arte
Arte

Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It describes itself as a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts....
, Eins Plus		 25 kW vertical
E34 ZDF
ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television television channel based in Mainz. It is run as an independent non-profit agency established by joint contract between the States of Germany ....
, 3sat
3sat

3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. The programming is in German, and is broadcast primarily within Germany, Austria and Switzerland....
, KI.KA
KI.KA

KI.KA is a public commercial-free television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is a joint venture of national public television channels ARD and ZDF, and is targeted at children and youth....
/ZDF Dokukanal, ZDF Digitext (data service)		 50 kW vertical
E40 ProSieben, Sat.1
Sat.1

Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station and started one day before RTL Television....
, Kabel 1
Kabel 1

kabel eins is a commercial television channel in german television. It started business on February 29, 1992, as the Kabelkanal and belongs to the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG....
, N24
N24 (Germany)

N24 is a television news channel based in Germany. It is owned and operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. N24 provides regular news updates for some of the network?s channels such as kabel eins and ProSiebenSat.1 Welt in the U.S....
 20 kW vertical
E59 Bayerisches Fernsehen, BR-alpha, SWR Fernsehen
SWR Fernsehen

SWR Fernsehen is a German regional television channel targeting the states of Baden-W?rttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is produced by S?dwestrundfunk and is one of eight regional "third channels" broadcast by the ARD members....
 BW, hr-fernsehen		 50 kW vertical
E60 Tele 5
Tele 5

Tele 5 is a commercial television channel in German television. The channel is largely known for showing classic American films and series, Anime and Shows....
, Eurosport
Eurosport

Eurosport is a European sports satellite and cable television network, available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages. It is owned and operated by the TF1 Group....
, Franken TV, MonA TV		 20 kW vertical
E66 RTL Television
RTL Television

RTL Television is a German television commercial television station distributed via cable television and satellite television along with DVB-T ....
, RTL II
RTL II

RTL II is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television television channel.It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993....
, Super RTL
Super RTL

Super RTL is a Cologne-based Germany television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children ....
, VOX
Vox

Vox is Latin for Voice, but may refer to:* Vocals, abbreviated...
 20 kW vertical


See also

  • List of towers
    List of towers

    These are lists of towers that fall under the definition of a tower which is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
  • List of masts
  • German Wikipedia article on Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg


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