Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg


The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is a telecommunication tower in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Also called the Nürnberger Ei because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, it is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to blueprints by architect Erwin Heinle.
The tower basket accommodates transmission mechanisms for Frequency modulation, DAB, UMTS, pager, amateur radio and a microwave radio relay link and – closed since 1991 – a rotating restaurant and a prospect platform. Responsible operator is the DFMG Deutsche Funkturm GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom based in Münster. From 22 January 2003 to 4 April 2003 the Nürnberg telecommunication tower also served for the spreading of the program of megaradio on mediumwave frequency 945 kHz. For this a wire antenna was strung along the tower shaft, from the top of the tower to the roof of an operating building near the tower.
Since July 2009 a 360° Panoramacamera shows the view over Nuremberg from 194 metres.

Forerunner

From 1927 to 1969, broadcasting programs in medium wave were emitted by the Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth at the former Rundfunkstraße 24. This transmitter was laid to the radio emitting station of the Bayerischer Rundfunk on 15 September 1969 on the Dillberg mountain where the broadcasting programs of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company are still emitted.

Technical data

[DVB-T]-Channels from the Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg

ChannelPrograms in the bouquetERPPolarisation
E6Das Erste, Phoenix, arte, Eins Plus25 kWvertical
E34ZDF, 3sat, KI.KA/ZDF Dokukanal, ZDF Digitext 50 kWvertical
E40ProSieben, Sat.1, Kabel 1, N2420 kWvertical
E59Bayerisches Fernsehen, BR-alpha, SWR Fernsehen BW, hr-fernsehen50 kWvertical
E60Tele 5, Eurosport, Franken TV, MonA TV20 kWvertical
E66RTL Television, RTL II, Super RTL, VOX20 kWvertical