Gliwice Radio Tower

Gliwice Radio Tower

The Gliwice Radio Tower is the transmission tower of the Gliwice, Upper Silesia, Poland, radio station, situated on Tarnogórska Road in Szobiszowice.

It is an 118-metre high (including the 8 metre long spire on its top) construction of larch wood framework. The tower was nicknamed "the Silesian Eiffel Tower" by the local population, although the similarities are minor.Fact|date=July 2007

Gliwice Radio Tower has four platforms, which are 40.4 m, 55.3 m, 80.0 m and 109.70 m above ground. The platform on its top has a size of 2.13 x 2.13 m. For access to its top, there is a ladder with 365 steps.

Gliwice Radio Tower is perhaps the tallest wooden structure in the world. It is designed to carry aerials for medium wave broadcasting, but the transmitter is not in service any more.

Gliwice Radio Tower was built in 1935 in order to replace the former smaller transmitter of Gliwice situated in Raudener Street. It went in service on December 23, 1935.

On August 31, 1939, the Germans staged a 'Polish' attack on Gleiwitz radio station, which was later used as justification for the Invasion of Poland. The transmission facility was not demolished in World War II. From October 4, 1945, until the inauguration of the new transmitter in Ruda Śląska in 1955, the Gliwice transmitter was used for medium wave broadcasting of the Polish Broadcasting Company. After 1955, the transmitter was used as a jammer against medium wave transmitters broadcasting Western Polish-language programmes, e.g. Radio Free Europe.

The medium wave transmitter is no longer workable, because the final stage is missing.

Today, the Gliwice Radio Tower carries multiple transmission aerials for mobile phone services and a low power FM transmitter.

Following the decision of the City Council taken on December 2, 2004, the Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts in Gliwice is located in the previous Radio Transmitter.

ee also

* Gleiwitz incident
* List of towers

External links

* [http://www.muzeum.gliwice.pl/en/news_fullpage.php?nid=677&ret_top=/en/index.php Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts]
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* http://radiopolska.pl/portal/staticpages/index.php?page=wykaz-archiwum-am
* http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b40682
* [http://maps.google.com/?t=h&om=0&ll=50.31339,18.688892&spn=0.001456,0.003659 Tower on Google Maps]
* http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=356


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