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Structure-ID: s0000114
Created on: 11/03/99
Modified on: 28/05/08


Europe Tower

Europaturm
Built: 1976 - 1979
Status: in use
Location: Ginnheim, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Europaturm, Frankfurt
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Function / usage:
Directional radio transmitter

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Architect Erwin Heinle

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Structural engineering Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
shaft  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 331 m
platform   diameter at platform 47-57.6 m
shaft   diameter at base 19.6 m
  shaft height 295.4 m

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External LinkHochhäuser in Frankfurt am Main German
External LinkWikipedia: Europaturm German
External LinkWikipedia: Europaturm English

Relevant Literature
* Eckart, Kai   Den Wolken Entgegen (2nd edition), Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3896759027, 1998; pp. 36-37.
* Setzepfandt, Wolf-Christian   Architekturführer Frankfurt am Main (3rd edition), Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3496012366, 2002; pp. 150.
* Zellner, W.   Die Tragkonstruktion der Turmkanzel des Fernmeldeturms Frankfurt, in "Stahlbau", February 1981, n. 2 v. 50 .

 
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