Mannesmann Tower Vienna

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Mannesmann Tower Vienna
Basic data
Place: Messe Wien in Leopoldstadt
State: Vienna
Country: Austria
Altitude : 159  m above sea level A.
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 52 ″  N , 16 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  E
Use: Telecommunications tower
Demolition : 1987
Tower data
Construction time : 1955
Operating time: 1955-1987
Total height : 150  m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband : FM transmitter
Send types: Mobile communications , land mobile communications
Shutdown : 1987
Position map
Mannesmannturm Vienna (Vienna)
Mannesmann Tower Vienna
Mannesmann Tower Vienna
Localization of Vienna in Austria

The Mannesmann Tower Vienna ( Mannesmann Tower, also known as Messeturm ) was a 150 meter high lattice steel tower with a triangular cross-section that was erected by the Mannesmann company on the exhibition grounds in Vienna in 1955 . It was demolished in 1987.

The Mannesmann tower was a gift from the Düsseldorf- based Mannesmann AG to the Vienna Trade Fair and was realized under the direction of Josef Fröhlich . It was built from seamless tubular steel . The manufacture of seamless steel tubes by rolling was a process developed by Mannesmann in 1885 and the term Mannesmann tube was synonymous with seamless steel tubes for many decades. Similar towers existed in 1956 in Hanover (1954, 120 m), Düsseldorf (1954, 143 m), Sao Paulo (1954, 100 m) and other cities. During the night the tower was illuminated with neon lamps. A corner junction was specially exhibited at the foot so that the connection between the individual pipes could be seen.

When Mannesmann exhibited at a trade fair in the 1950s and 1960s, it had its stand by this tower. It served the cellular and non-public mobile land radio service , including the radio of the medical emergency service. At the end of the 1950s, thought was given to erecting a meteorological measuring point on the tower in order to record ground inversions, as it protruded just above the level of the factory chimneys. Meteorological measuring stations were actually implemented and planned from the start at the Danube Tower.

The tower is the theme of the double conference Travnicek and the Vienna Mass, presented by Helmut Qualtinger and Gerhard Bronner . The (clever) friend wants to explain to the (stubborn) Travnicek why one should attend mass. Travnicek says: “Look, when I want to have a whirlwind, I go to Wurstelprater . I can push in the tram and I see drunk people at every pub. ”The friend then wants to lure him differently:“ Yes, but you can't see this high Mannesmann tower. ”To which Travnicek replies:“ What am I catching with a tower where there is no coffeehouse in there? "" The sight alone, Travnicek, is worth it. "" Sight [...] Looks like the Bisamberg transmitter , but it cann’t broadcast. "" Do you think that is a disadvantage, Travnicek? ”“ Not that again. ”The program was first broadcast probably on March 2, 1959, when the Danube Tower , which included a coffee house (in the revolving restaurant ), was not even considered.

Based on the longstanding landmark of the Wiener Messe, the exhibition tower designed by Gustav Peichl and the other buildings of the new exhibition center were opened in January 2004 . The new structure is a 26-meter-high, round building with a glass facade and a 70-meter-high steel tower that weighs 72 tons. It is the new trademark of the Wiener Messe.

literature

  • Mannesmannröhren- u. Eisenhandel Aktiengesellschaft: The new landmark of the Wiener Messe: The Mannesmann Tower in Vienna. 1956
  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 5, Ru-Z. Kremayr & Scheriau, 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 & 2004, ISBN 3-218-00749-6 , p. 493; demolition of the Mannesmann tower is not noted there.
  • Felix Czeike , Helga Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna : Supplementary Volume. Kremayr & Scheriau, 2004, p. 131, mentioned new exhibition tower .
  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna: Le – R. Kremayr & Scheriau, 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 145; demolition not noted there either.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Schubert: Schauplatz Österreich: topographical lexicon on contemporary history in three volumes - Volume 1. Hollinek Brothers, 1980, ISBN 3-85119-147-1 , p. 198.
  2. ↑ a b c Austria starts comprehensive export offensive . In: Die Zeit , No. 38/1956.
  3. ^ Electrotechnical Association Austria, Association of German Electrical Engineers, Austrian Association for Electrical Engineering (ed.): E and M: Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Volume 74, Springer, 1957, p. 163.
  4. ↑ Austrian Society for Meteorology (Ed.): Weather and Life. Volume 10–11, Verlag Wetter und Leben of the Austrian Society for Meteorology, 1958, p. 49.
  5. ↑ Note: The Bisamberg transmitter was demolished in February 2010 and thus no longer exists, as does the Mannesmann / Messeturm Wien in question.
  6. ^ Carl Merz, Helmut Qualtinger: On the lukewarm Danube: Scenes and games. Langen / Müller, 1965, p. 63.
  7. ^ A b Hans Veigl (ed.): We are so free - texts from cabaret and cabaret between reconstruction and economic miracle. NP Buchverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-85326-392-5 , pp. 136, 245.
    Travnicek and the Wiener Messe. Video on Youtube.
  8. ^ Yearbook of the City of Vienna. Published by the Vienna City Administration, 1961, p. 180.