Schlemmin TV Tower
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Schlemmin TV Tower is a TV tower of reinforced concrete
southwest of Schlemmin, a village in the municipality of Bernitt in northern Germany
. The tower was built in 1967. Until 1992 it was equipped with an observation deck and was 64 metres tall. It quickly became a well-known tourist attraction, and so in 1969 an inn was also built at its foot.
In 1992 the tower got a large modernization: its culpit was replaced by a larger new culpit, and it got a new pinnacle, so its height grew to 94 metres. Unfortunately, it was closed to the public after these modernization measures; the inn was also demolished.
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
southwest of Schlemmin, a village in the municipality of Bernitt in northern Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The tower was built in 1967. Until 1992 it was equipped with an observation deck and was 64 metres tall. It quickly became a well-known tourist attraction, and so in 1969 an inn was also built at its foot.
In 1992 the tower got a large modernization: its culpit was replaced by a larger new culpit, and it got a new pinnacle, so its height grew to 94 metres. Unfortunately, it was closed to the public after these modernization measures; the inn was also demolished.
External links
- http://www.buetzow-schwaan.de/bernitt/fernsehturm.htm
- http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b62965