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Nordsternturm

Nordsternplatz 1
Gelsenkirchen Germany

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1951
  Finished1952
Floor Count15
Building Uses
 - observation
 - monument
 - museum
 - unused
 - industrial
Structural Types
 - tower
 - statue

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Spire338 ftstatue
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Roof279 ft-"-
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Description
Architect: Fritz Schupp

• Former headframe of Nordstern coal mine. The tower was declared after the shutdown of the mine as technical monument
and four glass-covered floors were installed on its former roof. Later a statue of Hercules was erected on its roof.


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