Longinus Tower

Longinus Tower

The Longinus Tower is a 32 metres tall observation tower located in Nottuln, Germany. Built by Baumberge Club between 1897 and 1901 on summit of 182.61 metres high Westerberg. Longinus Tower was built of calcstones.

At the beginning of the 1950ies, Longinus Tower was adapted for telecommunication tower with an architectonical worse looking top with observation deck and antenna systems. On Longinus Tower, Reinhold Holtstiege showed in 1952 first after World War II television to public. As there was no connection to the power grid, the TV set was supplied with electric power by a converter from a car battery.

Later Longinus Tower was used as TV transmitter. However it has a low height, it did not fulfill the requirements soon and so a 182 metres tall guyed steel tube mast was built in its neighbourhood, which is guyed in 70 and 143 metres height.In 2005 this mast was replaced by a 181.2 metres tall guyed lattice steel mast, which is guyed in 3 levels in 47, 97 and 147 metres, as the old mast was obviously not able to carry antennas for digital TV.

In 1992 the tower got a facility for wind measurements on its top. In 1993 and 1994 two wind turbines were built nearby.


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