Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg
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Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg is an 80 metre tall telecommunication tower of the US-Army in Europe on the mountain Königsstuhl which is part of the City of Heidelberg at 49°24′8"N 8°43′59"E. The Telecommunication Tower of US-Army in Europe is one of the few military communication towers built of reinforced concrete and it was built in the late 1950s. It replaced 3 steel beam structures built in the late 1940s.
The Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
, the Fernsehturm Heidelberg
(TV tower) and the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
(State owned Observatory) are all close by. The US-Army Tower was used for microwave communications to other US-Army sites all over southern Germany.
The installation was closed in July 2007 and the installation and lot returned to the state of Baden-Württemberg. It used to be run by the 43rd signal battalion of the US-Army before it was closed down. Its future use is unknown.
It might be used for broadcasting several digital TV (DVB-T
) transponders if the private German networks Pro7Sat1 and RTL Group make up their mind if they want to serve the Rhein-Neckar Region and its population of 2.4 million (the same applies to Stuttgart and its population of 3.6 million).
The Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg
Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg is a 102 meter tall telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete in the late 1950s at on the mountain Königsstuhl near Heidelberg, Germany. Close to it, there is Fernsehturm Heidelberg and Telecommunication Tower of US-Forces Heidelberg...
, the Fernsehturm Heidelberg
Fernsehturm Heidelberg
The Fernsehturm Heidelberg is a transmission tower for FM and DVB-T on the Königstuhl hill of Heidelberg at . It was the property of the City of Heidelberg and sold to the SWR...
(TV tower) and the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
The Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is an historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany...
(State owned Observatory) are all close by. The US-Army Tower was used for microwave communications to other US-Army sites all over southern Germany.
The installation was closed in July 2007 and the installation and lot returned to the state of Baden-Württemberg. It used to be run by the 43rd signal battalion of the US-Army before it was closed down. Its future use is unknown.
It might be used for broadcasting several digital TV (DVB-T
DVB-T
DVB-T is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial; it is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in the UK in 1998...
) transponders if the private German networks Pro7Sat1 and RTL Group make up their mind if they want to serve the Rhein-Neckar Region and its population of 2.4 million (the same applies to Stuttgart and its population of 3.6 million).