Mannesmann Tower (Hanover)

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Mannesmann Tower Hanover
Image of the object
Basic data
Country: Lower Saxony
Country: Germany
Altitude : 67  m above sea level NHN
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 40.9 "  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 13.7"  E
Use: Telecommunications tower
Accessibility: Transmission tower not open to the public
Owner : Deutsche Messe AG
Demolition : June 21, 2012
Tower data
Construction time : 1961
Operating time: 1961 to 2012
Total height : 120  m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband : FM transmitter
Send types: Mobile communications , land mobile communications
Position map
Mannesmann Tower Hanover (Lower Saxony)
Mannesmann Tower Hanover
Mannesmann Tower Hanover
Localization of Lower Saxony in Germany

The Mannesmann tower in Hanover was a 120 meter high lattice tower with a triangular cross-section that was erected at the end of 1954 by the Mannesmann company under the direction of Josef Fröhlich in front of the exhibition grounds . The tower had its original location in what was then Stahlstrasse and was donated to the trade fair after the Hanover Fair in 1956. The building was implemented in 1961 and since then has stood in the middle of the turning loop on tram line  8. At a height of 89.8 meters, the Hanover Mannesmann Tower had the Mannesmann company logo on the corners. Until it was demolished, the logo of the Hanover Fair , the stylized Hermes head , was attached to the corners . The Mannesmann tower was used for mobile communications and the non-public mobile land radio service .

According to information from Deutsche Messe AG , the steel lattice mast, which was now getting on in years, was in disrepair, and renovation would have cost more than 500,000 euros. As part of the redesign of the north entrance to the exhibition center, it was decided to demolish it, which was carried out on June 21, 2012.

literature

  • Damm, Heuser, Fröhlich: The Mannesmann tower and pavilion on the exhibition grounds in Hanover. In: Karl Hofmann Schorndorf (Ed.): Glasforum, 1/1955.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Damm, Heuser, Fröhlich in Glasforum, 1/1955.
  2. ↑ a b Willy Wenzke: Stahlstraße with a large chunk. ("As early as last year [1955] the 120-meter-high Mannesmann Tower was a landmark for visitors to the exhibition grounds from the north or north-west entrance.") In: Die Zeit , No. 20, May 17, 1956 August 2012.
  3. ↑ a b Ralph Huebner: Hanover: The heavy current fitter from the fair giant In: [[Neue Presse (Hanover) |]], June 20, 2012. Accessed on August 12, 2012.