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General Information

Other name(s): Gaußturm
Beginning of works: 1963
Completion: 1964
Duration of works: 11 months
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 51° 28' 26.76" N    9° 45' 58" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 51 m
foundations diameter 13 m
observation deck diameter 13 m
platform 1 diameter 18 m
shaft diameter 5 m

Materials

shaft reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower.

The tower is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, who made the large triangle from the Hohen Hagen break into Inselsberg a basis of his survey of Hanover.

From 1909 to 1963, there had already been a Gaussturm nearby. It broke when a quarry was expanded too far in the 1950s.

Data

  • Construction period: 11 months
  • Completion: September 1964
  • Viewing platform: 528 m over NN
  • Tower height: 51 m
  • Foundation: 6 m deep, with a diameter of 13 m.
  • Diameter of tower shaft: 5 m
    • 1st platform: 18 m (at a value of 14,5 m)
    • Top platform: 13 m
  • Elevator capacity: Maximum 8 persons
  • Travel time: 55 seconds
  • Emergency stairway: 225 steps, leading from the viewing platform to the entrance and/or the cellar

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Gauss Tower" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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  • Structure-ID
    20019138
  • Published on:
    23/01/2006
  • Last updated on:
    15/05/2015
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