Skydiving tower Katowice

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Rebuilt copy of the tower

The parachute jump tower Katowice is a 1937 in Katowice erected parachute jump tower .

The steel lattice tower was 62 meters high. The original was destroyed during World War II. After the war, a 35 meter high copy was made. Today it is a memorial to the defenders of Katowice against the Wehrmacht . It is the only preserved tower of its kind in Poland .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Stroll through the history of Katowice", Jadwiga Lipońska-Sajdak, Muzeum Historii Katowic 2003 r.

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 46.3 ″  N , 19 ° 0 ′ 26.1 ″  E