Observation Tower Blumenthal
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Heiligengrabe
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, Brandenburg
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, Germany
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The Blumenthal Observation Tower was inaugurated on September 18, 2004, and is the tallest observation tower built of wood in Germany. It is not however the tallest wooden construction built in Germany: the towers of the Brück aerial testing facility
Brück aerial testing facility
The Brück aerial testing facility is a facility for testing aerials at Brück, south of Berlin. It was established in 1939.On the Brück aerial testing facility there are two 54 metre high wood framework towers built in 1963, made without any metallic parts and used for mounting aerials to measure...
, the Rottenbuch Radio Tower, neither of which is accessible for tourists, and the Jahrtausendturm
Jahrtausendturm
Jahrtausendturm is, at , the second highest wooden tower in the world, after the radio tower in Gliwice, Poland, which stands at . It was established on the occasion of the Bundesgartenschau 1999 in the Magdeburger Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany...
are taller.
The Blumenthal Observation Tower has an observation deck 36.4 metres in height, accessible by 187 stairs. The whole construction weighs 210 tons.
External links
- Official site (in German)
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b41986