Garching - meteorological tower and a nuclear reactor

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Official sources: http://www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/mesomikro/garstat/geschichte.htm
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Garching Meteorological Tower
Native Name: Meteorologischer Messmast Garching
Other Names:
Address: Walther-Meissner-Strasse
City: Garching bei München
Postal Code: 85748
State/Province: Bavaria
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): Guyed mast used for weather monitoring. Was built up in July 1959 already completely
assembled on the ground ( http://www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/mesomikro/garstat/turm2.jpg ). Guyed mast is equipped on each site
with an elevator.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 50 metres
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: 1959
- finished: 1959
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count: 4
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Guyed mast
Building Use(s): Science
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel

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Official sources: http://www.garching.de/forschungs____hochschulstandort/technische_universitaet_muenchen__tum_/forschungsreaktor_muenchen___das__atom_ei_/
Unofficial sources: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom-Ei

Building Name: Atom-Egg
Native Name: Atom-Ei
Other Names: Forschungsreaktor München , FRM München
Address: Walther-Meissner-Strasse
City: Garching bei München
Postal Code: 85748
State/Province: Bavaria
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): First nuclear reactor in Germany. Atom egg got the symbol of
nuclear age in Germany.

Atom Egg is a reactor building looking like an egg.

The reactor inside atom egg, which was used for research ( not energy production), was shut down on July 28th, 2000.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 30 metres
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: 1956
- finished: 1957
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Lowrise
Building Use(s): Science
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel, concrete, cover: aluminium

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City Name: Garching bei München
Native Name:
State/Province: Bavaria
Country: Germany
Population: 15290
Population Source & Year: http://www.destatis.de/cgi-bin/druckansicht_gvsuche.pl?200753117449.htm ( December 31st, 2005)
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Near Garching, there are further scientific institutes, as EFDA ( research on nuclear fusion) and ESO ( European Southern Observatory).