History
This tower was built in 1937 as a 53 metre tall reinforced concrete construction with an upper section built of wood. After 1939, it became a television tower for the Rhine Main Area, but became a radar station during World War II. 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 metre tall structural steel framework with 5 projections was set up. This carried a 30.28 metre tall timber construction with 9 floors, so that the tower (without the UHF antenna installed on the top) has a total height of 69.13 metres.
Since numerous directional antennas were set up, all connections of the wooden upper building had to be manufactured without metal.
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