Typenturm
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A Typenturm is a standardised telecommunications tower
built of reinforced concrete
the former German federal post office
(now Deutsche Telekom AG
). Different types of tower were developed and built at different locations, like the series FMT 1 to FMT 16. The individual series differ in each case in the number of antenna platforms and the size of the operating projectile. The types FMT 7 to 10 are without pulpit. The type towers were usually designed on the basis of economic and functional criteria and only secondarily for aesthetics. Compared with structural steelworks, the reinforced concrete construction way is easier in the establishment and maintenance. In Germany there are about 300 towers of this type. The establishment of these towers began in the mid 1960s, when the Federal Postal Administration developed its radio relay system clearly. In the planning of the type towers engineer Fritz Leonhardt and the architect Erwin Heinle were considerably involved. Examples of type towers are among other things: Köterberg
(FMT 1), Ober-Olm
(FMT 1/72), Hüfingen
(FMT 1/73), Karlsruhe-Grünwettersbach (FMT 2), Waldenbuch
(FMT 2/72), Hoherodskopf
(FMT 2/73), Hemmoor
(FMT 2/81), Hunau (FMT 3), Bielefeld
(FMT 3/72), Gramschatzer Wald (FMT 5), Cleebronn
(FMT 6), Seesen
(FMT 7), Heidenheim/Brenz (FMT 8), Saarlouis
(FMT 8/73), Landau
(FMT 9), Lahr/Schwarzwald (FMT 10), Fehmarn
(FMT 11), sending refuge (FMT 12), Moers (FMT 13), Hochblauen
(FMT 14), Schöppingen
(FMT 15), Hamburg-Bergedorf (FMT 16) The communications towers in Münster
, Kiel
, Bremen
and Cuxhaven were planned by an architect of the regional directorate Kiel and actually do not belong to this type of tower. They are therefore called Sondertürme
, to which e.g. also the Rheinturm, the Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
and the Fremersbergturm belong. In addition, the telecommunication tower Koblenz
reminded strongly of the type towers FMT 11 to 13, is a special tower, since it is larger substantially more highly and the pulpit than with the type towers.
Telecommunications tower
Telecommunications tower is the generic description of Radio masts and towers built primarily to hold telecommunications antennas.Telecommunications tower may also refer to several specific towers:* Telecommunications Tower...
built of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
the former German federal post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
(now Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
). Different types of tower were developed and built at different locations, like the series FMT 1 to FMT 16. The individual series differ in each case in the number of antenna platforms and the size of the operating projectile. The types FMT 7 to 10 are without pulpit. The type towers were usually designed on the basis of economic and functional criteria and only secondarily for aesthetics. Compared with structural steelworks, the reinforced concrete construction way is easier in the establishment and maintenance. In Germany there are about 300 towers of this type. The establishment of these towers began in the mid 1960s, when the Federal Postal Administration developed its radio relay system clearly. In the planning of the type towers engineer Fritz Leonhardt and the architect Erwin Heinle were considerably involved. Examples of type towers are among other things: Köterberg
Köterberg
The Köterberg, at above sea level, is the highest hill in the Lippe Uplands and lies on the state border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in North Germany...
(FMT 1), Ober-Olm
Ober-Olm
Ober-Olm is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Neighbouring municipalities :...
(FMT 1/72), Hüfingen
Hüfingen
Hüfingen is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Breg River, 4 km south of the source of the Danube.- History :...
(FMT 1/73), Karlsruhe-Grünwettersbach (FMT 2), Waldenbuch
Waldenbuch
Waldenbuch is a town in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It is the home of the popular Ritter Sport brand of chocolate.-Geographical location:...
(FMT 2/72), Hoherodskopf
Hoherodskopf
Hoherodskopf is a mountain of Hesse, Germany....
(FMT 2/73), Hemmoor
Hemmoor
Hemmoor is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the river Oste, approx. 40 km northeast of Bremerhaven, and 25 km south of Brunsbüttel.-History:...
(FMT 2/81), Hunau (FMT 3), Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
(FMT 3/72), Gramschatzer Wald (FMT 5), Cleebronn
Cleebronn
Cleebronn is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.- Geography :Cleebronn is situated in the Zabergäu in the south of the district of Heilbronn, directly in the north of the Stromberg mountain with an elevation of 220-260m. The landscape is...
(FMT 6), Seesen
Seesen
Seesen is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range, approx...
(FMT 7), Heidenheim/Brenz (FMT 8), Saarlouis
Saarlouis
Saarlouis is a city in the Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2006, the town had a population of 38,327. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located at the river Saar....
(FMT 8/73), Landau
Landau
Landau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous city surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town , a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the...
(FMT 9), Lahr/Schwarzwald (FMT 10), Fehmarn
Fehmarn
Fehmarn is an island and - since 2003 - a town on this island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and ca. 18 kilometers south of the Danish island of Lolland...
(FMT 11), sending refuge (FMT 12), Moers (FMT 13), Hochblauen
Hochblauen
The Hochblauen is a 1165 metre high mountain in the southern Black Forest. The peak lies within the municipalities of Schliengen and Malsburg-Marzell in Landkreis Lörrach and the community of Badenweiler in LandkreisBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald...
(FMT 14), Schöppingen
Schöppingen
Schöppingen is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south-west of Steinfurt....
(FMT 15), Hamburg-Bergedorf (FMT 16) The communications towers in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...
, Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
, Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and Cuxhaven were planned by an architect of the regional directorate Kiel and actually do not belong to this type of tower. They are therefore called Sondertürme
Sonderturm
Sondertürme are communications towers of the former federal post office , constructed of reinforced concrete, which were planned specially for a given location. A Sonderturm is typically better equipped than the Typenturm towers, and nearly always with a visitor centre...
, to which e.g. also the Rheinturm, the Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
Heinrich-Hertz-Turm
The Heinrich-Hertz-Turm is a radio telecommunication tower and a famous landmark of Hamburg, Germany....
and the Fremersbergturm belong. In addition, the telecommunication tower Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
reminded strongly of the type towers FMT 11 to 13, is a special tower, since it is larger substantially more highly and the pulpit than with the type towers.