The Rheinturm (; 'Rhine Tower') is a concrete
telecommunications tower in
Düsseldorf, capital of the
federal state (''Bundesland'') of
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 172.5 metres high and houses a
revolving restaurant and an
observation deck at a height of 168 metres. It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on 1 December 1981.
[Müller, Wegener, Wöstemeyer: ''Rheinturm Düsseldorf'', p. 18] It contains 7,500 cubic metres of
concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for
DVB-T
DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in Febr ...
was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high.
The observation deck is open to public daily from 10:00 to 23:30. As a special attraction, a light sculpture on its shaft works as a clock. This sculpture was designed by
Horst H. Baumann
Horst H. Baumann (19 June 1934 Aachen – 24 May 2019) was a German architect, designer, light artist, and photographer. He was best known for designing Rheinturm Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Life
He studied metallurgical engineering f ...
and is called ' (light time level). The light sculpture on the Rheinturm is the largest
digital clock in the world.
Gallery
File:Blick vom Rheinturm auf Düsseldorf.jpg, View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Stadtmitte
File:Rheinturm Düsseldorf NRW mit Sternschnuppe.jpg, Rheinturm Düsseldorf 70th Anniversary of the state NRW Illumination with Rhine Comet
Rheinkomet (= ''Rhine Comet'') is a light art installation on top of the Rheinturm (''Rhine Tower'') in Düsseldorf. It was first introduced on the 70th anniversary of the federal state North Rhine-Westfalia in August 2016. It has 56 Xenon arc lam ...
File:Rheinturm uhrzeit.jpg, The Rheinturm displaying the time. The number of dots represents the Hour, Minutes, and Seconds as shown in the image above
File:View on Düsseldorf from Rheinturm.jpg, View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Bürger Park
See also
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List of tallest structures in Germany
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List of tallest structures in Europe
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List of tallest towers in the world
References
External links
360° interactive panoramaRheinturm Restaurants QOMO and M 168
, Centro Hotels Group
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time lapse of tower and clock at new years fire work
Literature
* Klaus Müller, Hermann Wegener, Heinz-Gerd Wöstemeyer: ''Rheinturm Düsseldorf: Daten und Fakten'' Triltsch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1990, .
* Roland Kanz: ''Architekturführer Düsseldorf.'' Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin 2001, , S. 81.
* Klaus Englert: ''… in die Jahre gekommen. Der Rheinturm in Düsseldorf.'' In ''db Deutsche Bauzeitung'' 141, 2007, Nr.6, S. 85–88, ISSN 0721-1902.
* Erwin Heinle, Fritz Leonhardt: ''Türme aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen.'' Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, , S. 235.
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Towers completed in 1981
Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf
Towers with revolving restaurants
Tourist attractions in Düsseldorf
Communication towers in Germany
Observation towers
1981 establishments in West Germany