Wahnbek telecommunications tower

Wahnbek telecommunications tower
Basic data
Place:	Wahnbek ( Rastede )
Country:	Lower Saxony
Country:	Germany
Altitude :	20  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 18.2 "  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 6.3"  E
Use:	Telecommunications tower
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	German radio tower
Tower data
Construction time :	1974
Client : German Federal Post Office Building materials : Concrete , reinforced concrete
Operating time:	since 1974
Total height :	134  m
Operating rooms:	75  m , 83 m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Position map
Wahnbek telecommunications tower

The Wahnbeker telecommunications tower is a radio tower in the Rastede district of Wahnbek near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony . It is similar to the Schinkelturm in Osnabrück .

tower

Wahnbek telecommunications tower from the air

The telecommunications tower ( type tower 2/73) was built in 1974 by the Deutsche Bundespost . The operator and owner of the radio relay system is now the Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom . The reinforced concrete tower is 134 meters high. The lower platform is at a height of 75 meters, the upper platform at a height of 83 meters.

Advent wreath

The Wahnbeker telecommunications tower is once again the highest and largest Advent wreath in the world in the Guinness Book of Records . On November 28, 1999 (1st Advent), the tower was redesigned for the first time by private individuals from Wahnbeck with the consent of Deutsche Telekom into a glowing Advent wreath. For this purpose, both platforms were surrounded by light bulbs and connected to one another. This gives the impression of a wide cylinder . At four points on the upper edge of the circle, more chains of lights were connected to the top of the tower. This first tower illumination has already been recognized by Guinness .

In the following year, the tower was raised by a six meter long illuminated spire, so that the recognized record is now 140 meters. In 2003, the Advent wreath received four six meter high candles for the first time, which can be switched on according to the four Sundays of Advent.

On New Year's Eve , the fairy lights are turned into a flashing and running light at the turn of the year using a computer. The illumination begins every year on the 1st Sunday of Advent and ends on the Epiphany (January 6th). When the weather is good, the tower can be seen 30 kilometers away when it is illuminated.

In 2009 there was a smoldering fire in the electrics of the Christmas lights , but it was quickly extinguished. For security reasons, the telecommunications tower will no longer be illuminated in the coming years. This ends the era of the Wahnbeker Advent wreath.

Frequencies and Programs

Analog radio (VHF)

Frequency (MHz)	program	RDS PS	RDS PI	Regionalization	ERP (kW)	Directional characteristic round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
102.8	Deutschlandradio Kultur	DKULTUR_	D220	-	1	D (40–190 °, 230–330 °)	H
103.5	Energy Bremen	_ENERGY_	1342	Oldenburg	0.5	D (150-280 °)	H
104.1	Radio 21	RADIO_21 / 104.1_OL	D38A	Oldenburg	0.24	D (130-260 °)	H
106.5	oldenburg one	O1_Local	1087	-	1	D (70–210 °, 310–10 °)	H

Analog television (PAL)

Before the switch to DVB-T, the transmitter location was used for analog television:

channel	Frequency   (MHz)	program	ERP (kW)	Directional characteristic round (ND) / directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V)
27	519.25	Sat 1	1	D.	V
35	583.25	RTL Television	1	D.	V

Individual evidence

1. ^ Farewell to the telecommunications tower , NWZ Online, November 9, 2007, accessed on January 29, 2014.
2. ↑ Wolfgang Müller: Wahnbeck: Trafo fire extinguishes the lights of the largest Advent wreath , NWZ Online, January 5, 2010, accessed on August 7, 2013.
3. ↑ Rasteder Rundschau of August 12, 2010.

Web links

• Wahnbek telecommunications tower. In: Structurae