Rheinturm
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The '''''' (; 'Rhine Tower') is a concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 172.5 metres (564ft) tall and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 168 metres (551ft). It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rheinturm is referenced by 20 other articles, and connects out to Germany, radio and North Rhine-Westphalia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NW, across 5 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1981 establishments in West Germany, Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf and Communication towers in Germany.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Rheinturm
- Building.image
- Rheinturm - Gesamtansicht vom Medienhafen.jpg
- Building.caption
- and Media Harbour
- Building.location
- Düsseldorf
- Building.construction_start_date
- 20 January 1979
- Building.completion_date
- 1 December 1981
- Building.inauguration_date
- 1 March 1982
- Building.architect
- Harald Deilmann
- Building.altitude
- 36.6 metres NHN
- Building.building_type
- with restaurant and observation deck
- Building.structural_system
- Reinforced concrete
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television tower
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Düsseldorf
- Elevation
- 174.5
- Material used
- concrete
- Official website
- www.rheinturm.de
- Image
- Rheinturm - Gesamtansicht vom Medienhafen.jpg
- Height
- 240.50
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- Commons category
- Rheinturm in Düsseldorf
- architect
- Harald Deilmann
- Commons gallery
- Rheinturm
- date of official opening
- 1981-12-01
- inception
- 1981-12-01
- commissioned by
- Deutsche Bundespost
- hashtag
- Rheinturm
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The '''''' (; 'Rhine Tower') is a concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 172.5 metres (564ft) tall and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 168 metres (551ft). It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The was inaugurated on 1 December 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres (768ft) tall. The observation deck is open to the public daily from 10:00 to 23:30.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rheinturm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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