Grosshau telecommunications tower

Basic data

Place:

Großhau ( Huertgen Forest )

Country :

North Rhine-Westphalia

Country:

Germany

Altitude :

382 m above sea level NHN

Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 13.8 ″ N , 6 ° 24 ′ 12.5 ″ E

Use:

Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station

Accessibility:

Transmission tower not open to the public

Owner :

German radio tower

Tower data

Construction time :

1973

Client :	German Federal Post Office
Building materials :	Concrete , reinforced concrete

Operating time:

since 1973

Data on the transmission system

Waveband :

FM transmitter

Radio :

VHF broadcasting

Send type:

Directional radio

Position map

Grosshau telecommunications tower

Telecommunications tower of the Bundeswehr

The telecommunications tower Großhau is a 121 meter high telecommunications tower ( type tower ) of the German radio tower near Großhau in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was built in 1973 and is popularly known as the "Eifelhoer" (Eifelhorn).

In addition to radio relay, it serves to broadcast the program of Radio Rur , the local radio for the Düren district . In August 2001, the telecommunications tower was the object of a spectacular art project, the District Culture Days in Hürtgenwald , during which a huge yellow, green and blue flag was hung on the company floor.

About one kilometer southwest of the tower is another radio tower operated by the Bundeswehr.

Programs and frequencies

program	Frequency (MHz)	ERP (kW)
Radio Rur	92.7	0.5

literature

Ernst G. Ottersbach: The "Eiffel Tower" in the Hürtgen Forest . In: Yearbook of the Düren district . Born 1976, p. 52, ISBN 3-927312-22-3
Ernst Kamp, Stefan Kamp: DNA Pocket Guide - Hikes in the Eifel