Leipzig radio tower

Leipzig radio tower
A bird's eye view of the radio tower the day after its completion in 2015
Basic data
Place:	Leipzig - center-southeast
Country:	Saxony
Country:	Germany
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 48.8 "  N , 12 ° 23 ′ 34.3"  E
Use:	Telecommunications tower , broadcasting station
Accessibility:	Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner :	German radio tower
Tower data
Construction time :	2015
Client : German radio tower Building material : steel
Operating time:	since 2016
Total height :	191  m
Total mass :	300  t
Data on the transmission system
Last modification (transmitter) :	29th March 2017
Waveband :	FM transmitter
Radio :	VHF broadcasting
Send types:	DVB-T2 HD , DAB , mobile radio , directional radio
Further data Commissioning : 19th May 2016
Position map
Leipzig radio tower

The Leipzig radio tower is a 191 meter high transmission tower built in 2015 in the Zentrum-Südost district in Leipzig ( Saxony ) for the distribution of digital terrestrial television (DVB-T2) and digital radio ( DAB + ).

construction

It is the tallest freestanding steel lattice tower built for radio technology purposes in Germany and, after the chimney of the steel and hard cast iron works Bösdorf in Knautnaundorf (205 meters), the second tallest structure in Leipzig. The tower is on the corner of Richard-Lehmann- and Zwickauer Strasse near the old exhibition grounds and within sight of the Panometer . It was built by the Berlin company Steffens & Nölle GmbH on behalf of Deutsche Funkturm GmbH , a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG .

The four foundation blocks, each 25 meters apart, hold 250 cubic meters of concrete. The grid structure made of hot-dip galvanized steel has a mass of 300 tons . The production and delivery of the steel structure was carried out by the Spanish specialist in steel lattice masts Imedexsa. The transmitting antennas are surrounded by a 21 meter high sheathing made of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) with a lightning basket at its tip.

Up to this height, the tower was assembled with a mobile 1200-tonne large crane, with the individual levels being prefabricated on the ground. On September 28, 2015, work began on placing the subsegments on the tower shaft. The final height without antenna was reached on October 3rd. On October 26th, the 21 meter high antenna shaft with the lightning basket was assembled in three parts with a Super Puma transport helicopter . The tower with its final height of 191 m is now ready to accommodate the technical equipment.

Before that, the Deutsche Funkturm AG used a chimney of the Stadtwerke Leipzig located about 500 meters away . The new building took place because no extensions were possible at the old transmitter site.

• Assembly of the tower
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  Pre-assembly of the individual segments on the floor

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  Assembly up to 170 m with a mobile slewing crane

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  Precise positioning of the individual segments

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  Mounting the antenna with the helicopter

Pictures of all assembly steps under commons: radio tower Leipzig .

business

Operation of the tower began on May 16, 2016 with the broadcasting of the radio stations as digital radio ( DAB ). Initially, the Germany-wide DAB + program block 5C and DAB block 9A (Saxony) were transmitted in vertical polarization and in single-frequency operation with other transmitters. Since January 31, 2018, the local multiplex DAB + Leipzig has been broadcast on Kanal 6C with 15 private radio programs. The transition to regular operation took place on January 31, 2020 with 14 programs (see table for details).

Television operations started with provisional operations on May 31, 2016. Six programs in HD quality were transmitted via DVB-T2: ARD , ZDF , Sat.1 , ProSieben , RTL and VOX . Since March 29, 2017, the complete range of programs has been broadcast as shown in the table below.

Frequencies and Programs

Web links

Commons : Funkturm Leipzig  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nöß / hb / mro: Leipzig's new radio tower is topped by helicopter. In: lvz.de. Leipziger Volkszeitung , October 26, 2015, accessed on May 27, 2019 (newspaper article): "The radio tower on Richard-Lehmann-Strasse in the Leipzig exhibition grounds has reached its final height of 191 meters." 
2. ↑ Start of construction for the future tallest building in the city on RadioLeipzig.de on April 10, 2015
3. ↑ ^{a b} Matthias Roth: “Clearly perceptible”: Leipzig presents the development plan for the 191-meter radio tower. Leipziger Volkszeitung, July 8, 2014
4. ↑ New radio tower grows in Leipzig. LVZ website October 2, 2015 3:45 p.m.
5. ↑ Super Puma brings the radio tower in its final form , Leipziger Volkszeitung, October 27, 2015, p. 15
6. ↑ Leipzig's new giant is now broadcasting . Leipziger Volkszeitung, June 1, 2016, p. 18