Fernsehturm Heidelberg - Heidelberg, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 49° 24.227 E 008° 43.704
32U E 480295 N 5472379
This TV and FN transmitter tower is located at the top of Königstuhl hill near Heidelberg, Germany.
Waymark Code: WMVH84
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 04/19/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Chickilim
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Wikipedia tells us:
The Fernsehturm Heidelberg is a transmission tower for FM and DVB-T on the Königstuhl hill of Heidelberg at N 49°24'16" , E 8°43'46". It was the property of the City of Heidelberg and sold to the SWR. Because of its exposed location on the crest of the hill the tower itself is only 82 meters high.

The Heidelberg TV tower has an open-air observation deck 30 metres up its height, which can be reached by an elevator. The observation deck is now permanently closed for visitors due to safety concerns. The sale of the tower sealed the fate of the observation deck which used to enable tourist a spectacular 360 degrees view of the region.

In the first years of its existence the tower was also used as a water tower. The water tank is located within the main body behind the observation deck.

Call signs/Frequencies/Channels/Broadcaster:
4 analog FM radio channels are broadcast from this tower: SWR1 97.8 MHz SWR2 88.8 MHz SWR3 99.9 MHz SWR4 104.1 MHz 11 digital TV channels on 3 Multiplexes are broadcast from the TV tower.

URL reference to transmitter tower/antenna: [Web Link]

Opening hours visitors platform:
The observation deck is now permanently closed for visitors due to safety concerns.

Backup transmitter tower/antenna: no

Legacy transmitter tower/antenna: no

URL Webcam: Not listed
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