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Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter

Germany

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter is a large facility for FM and TV transmission in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated behalf of the communities of Gartow and Höhbeck. The Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter had, until 2009, two guyed antenna masts, one with a height of 327 metres, the other with a height of 344 metres. This made Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter the only transmission site in Europe with two supertall towers, that were exclusively used for transmissions in the VHF/UHF range.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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