Gliwice Radio Tower
| Gliwice Radio Tower | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Wooden lattice tower |
| Location | Gliwice, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°18′48″N 18°41′20″E / 50.31333°N 18.68889°E |
| Completed | 1935 |
| Height | 111 m (364.17 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Deutsche Reichspost |
Historic Monument of Poland | |
| Designated | 2017-03-15 |
| Reference no. | Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 654[1] |
The Gliwice Radio Tower is a transmission tower in the Szobiszowice district of Gliwice, Upper Silesia, Poland.
Structure
The Gliwice Radio Tower is 111 m tall,[2] with a wooden framework of impregnated siberian larch[3] linked by brass connectors. It was nicknamed "the Silesian Eiffel Tower" by the local population. The tower has four platforms, which are 40.4 m, 55.3 m, 80.0 m and 109.7 m above ground. The top platform measures 2.13 x 2.13 m. A ladder with 365 steps provides access to the top.
The tower is the tallest wooden structure in Europe. The tower was originally designed to carry aerials for medium wave broadcasting, but that transmitter is no longer in service because the final stage is missing. Today, the Gliwice Radio Tower carries multiple transceiver antennas for mobile phone services and a low-power FM transmitter broadcasting on 93.4 MHz.
History
The tower was erected from 1 August 1934 as Sendeturm Gleiwitz (Gleiwitz Radio Tower), when the territory was part of Germany. It was operated by the Reichssender Breslau (former Schlesische Funkstunde broadcasting corporation) of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft radio network. The tower was modeled on the Mühlacker radio transmitter, it replaced a smaller transmitter in Gleiwitz situated nearby on Raudener Straße and went in service on 23 December 1935.
On 31 August 1939, the German
Transmitted programmes
Radio
| Program | MHz
|
Power kW |
Polarisation | Antenna Diagram around (ND) / directional (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio CCM | 93.40 | 2 | Vertical | ND |
See also
Trivia
The shape of the Pope Cross of Zabrze was inspired by Gliwice Radio Tower [1] Archived 2023-10-22 at the Wayback Machine.
References
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 15 marca 2017 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Gliwice - radiostacja", Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 654
- ^ "Radiostacja Gliwice". Muzeum w Gliwicach (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Radiostacja Gliwice". Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
External links
- Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts (in Polish)
- Gliwice Transmission Tower at Structurae
- [2] Archived 2014-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- SkyscraperPage.com Archived 2006-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Tower on Google Maps Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=356 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130417065346/http://nadaje.com/nadajniki/138/gliwice-wieza-radiostacji
- Site on GeoPortal