The Rheinturm Düsseldorf is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunication tower of Düsseldorf. It was built from 1979 until 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters and has in a height of 174.5 metre a rotating restaurant and in a height of 170 metres an observation deck. Düsseldorf in Germany The Düsseldorf Coat of Arms Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The Rheinturm was inaugaurated on December 1st, 1981. It contains of 7,500 cubic metres concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Until October 15th, 2004, when an aerial for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the construction material. ... DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC...
As special attraction there is a light sculpture on its shaft, which works as a clock. This sculpture was designed by Horst H. Baumann and is called Lichtzeitpegel (light time level). The light sculpture on the Rheinturm is the biggest decimal clock in the world.
See also: List of towers Olympiaturm Towers by height Tehrans Milad Tower is the worlds fourth tallest free standing structure at 435 m. ...