The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an
elevator test tower
An elevator test tower is a structure usually 100 to over 200 metres (300 feet to over 600 feet) tall that is designed to evaluate the stress and fatigue limits of specific elevator cars in a controlled environment. Tests are also carried out in t ...
in
Rottweil
Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 ...
, Germany. It is owned by
TK Elevator
ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and Ess ...
, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At , the tower contains Germany's tallest
observation deck
An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a skyscraper or observation tower. Observation decks are sometimes enclosed from we ...
. Completed in 2017, it was then the tallest elevator test tower in the world, as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber (next to a former mine shaft used by
Kone).
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Rottweil Test Tower: New Horizons ThyssenKrupp
Elevator test towers
Towers in Germany
Buildings and structures in Rottweil (district)
Buildings and structures completed in 2017
2017 establishments in Germany
Twisted buildings and structures
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