Fernsehturm Stuttgart
| Fernsehturm Stuttgart | |
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Interactive map of the Fernsehturm Stuttgart area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Telecommunications Observation tower |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | Jahnstraße 120 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°45′21″N 9°11′25″E / 48.755757°N 9.190172°E |
| Construction started | 10 January 1954 |
| Completed | 5 February 1956 |
| Renovated | 1965 |
| Cost | 4.2 million DM (1956) ~10 million Euro (2021) |
| Owner | Südwestrundfunk |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 216.61 m (710.7 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Heinle, Wischer and Partner |
| Engineer | Fritz Leonhardt |
| Main contractor | G. Epple Wayss & Freytag |
| References | |
Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the world's first telecommunications tower constructed from reinforced concrete, and is thus the original modernist architecture highrise needle tower with a "basket" atop that would be built worldwide in the following years. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.