Telecommunication tower Waldenbuch

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Telecommunication tower Waldenbuch
Telecommunication tower 2
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Schönbuch on the Betzenberg
Country: Baden-Württemberg
Country: Germany
Altitude : 497  m above sea level NN
Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '5.4 "  N , 9 ° 8" 42.2 "  E
Use: Telecommunications tower
Accessibility: Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner : German radio tower
Tower data
Construction time : 1969-1971
Operating time: since 1971
Total height : 143.68  m
Operating rooms: 75  m , 83 m, 92 m, 100 m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband : FM transmitter
Send types: Mobile radio , BOS radio
Position map
Telecommunication tower Waldenbuch (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Telecommunication tower Waldenbuch
Telecommunication tower Waldenbuch
Localization of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

The telecommunications tower Waldenbuch is a 143.6 m high telecommunications tower owned by Deutsche Telekom AG in Schönbuch in the Esslingen district of Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The telecommunications tower Waldenbuch is located on the Betzenberg ( 499.5  m above sea  level ) in the district of Aichtal- Neuenhaus , which is around 4.5 km east in the Esslingen district. Directly past the tower and along the forest path Dettenhäuser Sträßle runs the border to the neighboring district of Böblingen , in which the town of Waldenbuch is located around 2 km north of the tower . The tower was built on the aforementioned forest path about 170 m northeast of the highest point on the mountain, which is on the same path. About 60 m north of the tower there is a survey point on this path at 497  m above sea level. NN .

description

Waldenbuch radio tower

The Waldenbuch telecommunications tower, built in reinforced concrete , is a type tower (FMT 2/72), which was built in 1969 according to plans by the architects Heinle , Hoyer and Teutschbein. It has four platforms at heights of 75, 84, 92 and 100 m; There is an operating room between the two lower platforms. The concrete shaft height is 102.55 m, with a shaft diameter of 8 m below and 5 m above.

Between 1998 and 2006, the Eurosignal transmitter and all major radio links, as well as the cable headend and the television converters, were shut down. Since then, the tower has only been used for mobile and BOS radio .

Frequencies and Programs

Analog television (PAL)

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)
32 559.25 ZDF 0.03 D. H
54 735.25 SWR television Baden-Württemberg 0.03 D. H

Others

The telecommunications tower in Waldenbuch serves as a mandatory reporting point for air traffic under visual flight rules for Stuttgart Airport .

literature

  • Jörg Schlaich and Matthias Schüller: Engineer construction manager Baden-Württemberg. Bauwerk Verlag, Berlin 1999, pages 497-498.

Web links

Commons : Fernmeldurm Waldenbuch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files