Telecommunication tower Nuremberg
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Telecommunication tower Nuremberg
Radio transmission point Nuremberg 5
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Nuremberg | |||
| Country: | Bavaria | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 318 m above sea level NN | |||
| Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 33.5 ″ N , 11 ° 2 ′ 20.2 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Owner : | German radio tower | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1977-1980 | |||
| Operating time: | since August 8, 1980 | |||
| Total height : | 292.8 m | |||
| Total mass : | 23,000 t | |||
| Closure of the viewing platform: | 1991 | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Last modification (antenna) : | April 2005 | |||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | |||
| Send types: | DVB-T, DAB , mobile radio , directional radio , BOS radio , amateur radio service | |||
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The Nuremberg telecommunications tower , which also bears the name “ Nuremberg Egg ” because of its egg-shaped tower cage , was built between 1977 and 1980 according to plans by the architect Erwin Heinle . It is the tallest building in Bavaria and is the third tallest television tower in Germany after the Berlin and Frankfurt .
history
Previous station
From 1927 to 1969, radio programs in the medium wave range were broadcast from the Nuremberg-Kleinreuth transmitter at Rundfunkstrasse 24. In 1969 it was moved to the existing broadcasting system of the Bavarian Radio on the Dillberg , where the radio programs of the Bavarian Radio are still broadcast today.
From 1952 to 1955 a VHF transmitter was installed on Moritzberg, which was relocated to Dillberg because of the approach path of the new airport. It would not have been possible to raise the transmission mast necessary for television reception.
The transmission tower on the post office / telecommunications site at Karolinenstrasse 38 / Adlerstrasse 29 (formerly: Fernmeldeamt I Nuremberg) (coordinate - 49 ° 27 ′ 4,9 ″ N , 11 ° 4 ′ 28 ″ E ):
Transmission tower on the telecommunications office I
Planning and construction
It was planned from 1972 as a pure telecommunications tower to replace an existing facility in the city center. It was used as such until 1986, only since then private radio programs and since 1988 private television programs have been broadcast from there. Today the basket also houses broadcasting equipment for analog radio - VHF , digital radio - DAB , BOS radio , radio alarm receivers , amateur radio services , cellular radio and directional radio . The spaces between the tower cage serve as antenna platforms. Architect Heinle originally wanted to line these spaces with plastic to perfectly represent the shape of the egg. For technical reasons, however, this could not be implemented.
Since it was built
A tourist area with a revolving restaurant with a circulation time of one hour and a viewing platform in the lower area of the tower cage was also planned and operated from the start . However, these offers did not work, and despite several tenants and changing offers, the tower has been closed to visitors since 1991.
Since July 2009, a 360-degree panorama camera with a view over Nuremberg has been located at a height of 194 meters.
The telecommunications tower belongs to Deutsche Funkturm GmbH (DFMG), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom based in Münster .
From January 22, 2003 to April 4, 2003, the Nuremberg telecommunications tower was also used to broadcast the Megaradio program on the medium wave frequency of 945 kHz. For this purpose, a wire antenna was stretched along the tower shaft, the top end of which was attached to the tower shaft and the bottom end to the roof of the company building at the foot of the tower.
From 1980 to 1998 the Euro signal with 300 W was sent from a height of 287 meters.
Due to its location in the Schweinau district of Nuremberg , the term "Schweinau telecommunications tower" is also common.
According to the wishes of the Schweinau district association, the telecommunications tower, which has been closed for over 20 years, is to be reopened - in October 2012, a public campaign started.
Technical specifications
The telecommunications tower, which was built between July 12, 1977 ( laying of the foundation stone ) and August 8, 1980 (opening), has a total height of 292.80 meters (observation floor 185 meters, operating rooms 197 and 205 meters) with a total built-up mass of 23,000 tons.
The current height has been valid since the last replacement of the spire for the switch from analogue to digital antenna television DVB-T in the Nuremberg conurbation on April 8th and 9th, 2005.
The tower cage has a height of almost 50 meters and a diameter of 32 meters.
The passenger elevator for public areas can hold up to 30 people and goes up at 6.3 m / s. There are 1170 steps to the viewing floor (then another 285 ladder steps to the top of the mast). Up to 13 people are permitted in the freight elevator for the technical area , although it travels considerably slower at 2 m / s. For fire protection reasons, a maximum of 250 people are allowed in the tower.
Its underground foundation protrudes 15.5 meters from the ground level 318 meters above sea level .
On the roof of the tower cage there are three rotating, white beacons that are offset by 120 degrees and each shine in two directions; they can be switched on and off from the tower at Nuremberg Airport and are used for orientation and flight safety.
Frequencies and Programs
Analog radio ( FM )
In the case of directed radiation, the main radiation directions are given in degrees in the antenna diagram.
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Frequency (in MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90.1 | Deutschlandfunk | __Dlf___ | D210 | - | 0.05 | ND | H |
| 92.9 | Hit Radio N1 / Camillo / AREF / Pray 92.9 |
RADIO_N1 , CAMILLO_ |
D01B | - | 0.32 | ND | H |
| 94.5 | Radio F / Jazztime Nuremberg | RADIO_F_ | 101C | - | 0.32 | ND | H |
| 95.8 | Radio Z / Star FM 107.8 / 99.0 |
RADIO_Z_ , STAR_FM_ |
1C15 | - | 0.32 | ND | H |
| 97.1 | Radio gong 97.1 | _GONG___ | 171E | - | 0.32 | ND | H |
| 98.6 | Radio Charivari 98.6 Nuremberg | CARIVARI | 101D | - | 0.32 | ND | H |
| 105.1 | Classic radio | CLASSIC_ | D75B | - | 0.5 | ND | H |
| 105.6 | Deutschlandfunk culture | Dlf_Kult | D220 | - | 0.1 | ND | H |
| 106.9 | Energy Nuremberg | _ENERGY_ | DE19 | - | 0.3 | ND | H |
Digital radio ( DAB )
DAB is broadcast in vertical polarization and in single-frequency mode with other transmitters.
The DAB block 10C (local) was transmitted from the transmission tower on Wallensteinstraße ( Studio Franken ) with 2 kW until mid-September 2014 and then moved to the telecommunications tower and amplified to 4 kW. Another transmitter with an output of 0.4 kW was located in Erlangen. This was switched off in the course of the restructuring.
Digital television (DVB-T2)
| channel |
Frequency (in MHz) |
Multiplex | Programs in multiplex |
ERP (in kW) |
Antenna diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
Modulation method |
FEC |
Guard interval |
Bit rate (in Mbit / s) |
SFN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 498 | Freenet TV 2 |
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50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Nuremberg |
| 25th | 506 | Freenet TV 3 |
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50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Nuremberg |
| 29 | 538 | ARD / BR |
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50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 3/5 | 19/128 | 22.0 | Nuremberg , Dillberg , Büttelberg |
| 34 | 578 | Substream 0:
ZDF ( ZDFmobil ) Substream 1: Freenet TV |
Substream 0:
Substream 1: |
50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 3/5 | 19/128 | 22.0 | Nuremberg , Dillberg |
| 35 | 586 | Freenet TV 1 | 50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 1/16 | 27.6 | Nuremberg | |
| 42 | 642 | ARD |
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50 | ND | V | 64-QAM | 3/5 | 19/128 | 22.0 | Nuremberg , Dillberg , Büttelberg |
* rbb Berlin outside the regional times of BR television
Analog television
Until the switch to DVB-T , the following programs were broadcast in analogue PAL :
| channel |
Frequency (MHz) |
program |
ERP (kW) |
Transmission diagram round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st | 471.25 | ProSieben | 0.63 | ND | H |
| 23 | 487.25 | Franconia television | 0.63 | ND | H |
| 36 | 591.25 | RTL (Nuremberg) | 1 | ND | H |
| 40 | 623.25 | Sat.1 (Bavaria) | 1 | ND | H |
| 53 | 727.25 | Tele 5 | 0.63 | ND | H |
The public broadcasters were broadcast by the broadcasters Dillberg (Das Erste) and Schwabach (ZDF, BR).
Amateur radio service
- ATV relay DB0SCS (output: 1278 MHz input: 2335 MHz)
- D-STAR relay DB0VOX (439.525 MHz)
- FM relay ( Echolink , IRLP ) DB0VOX (439.250 MHz)
- POCSAG - paging transmitter DB0VOX (439.9875 MHz)
- APRS digipeater DB0VOX (144.800 MHz)
literature
- Thomas Funk: Nuremberg's longest asparagus . in: City of Nuremberg (Ed.): Nuremberg Today. , No. 29, Nuremberg 1980, pp. 18-22.
- Dietrich Elias (Ed.): Year book of electrical telecommunications , publishing house for science and life Georg Heidecker 1974, ISBN 3-87862-125-6 , pages 28-33.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Panorama camera Nuremberg
- ↑ Christine Anneser: Telecommunications tower should open again. ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) From: Nürnberger Nachrichten , October 12, 2012.
- ↑ Niklas Merkelt: Nuremberg (telecommunications tower) - TV helper. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
Web links
- Telecommunication tower Nuremberg. In: Structurae
- Telecommunication tower Nuremberg at skyscraperpage.com
- A large piece of communication history (special page of the Museum for Communication Nuremberg on the telecommunications tower)
- www.nuernberginfos.de: Fernsehturm - Fernsehturm Nuremberg
- Film about the construction of the telecommunications tower at deutschefunkturm.de
- Amateur radio station DB0VOX telecommunications tower Nuremberg