150px, Schweriner Fernsehturm 150px, TV tower and radio mast The Schweriner Fernsehturm is a 136.5-metre-tall

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built of

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between 1960 and 1964 in

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

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. Unlike most other TV towers, the ground plan is a spherical triangle and not a cylindric cross section. Also its tower basket, which also contains a

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, has no round form, but looks instead like a triangle with round sides. From 1991 to November 28, 1999, the restaurant was closed. In the neighbourhood of this tower at 53°35'30,98" N and 11°27'19,8" E, there is a 273-metre-high, radio mast for FM-radio and TV.

External links

* * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1708 * * http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b46001 Towers completed in 1964 Communication towers in Germany Buildings and structures in Schwerin Restaurant towers 1964 establishments in East Germany {{MecklenburgVorpommern-struct-stub