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Alpha
Jan 30, 2006, 6:55 PM
Official sources: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0010713
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandsender_Herzberg/Elster

Building Name: Deutschlandsender Herzberg
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: Am Sender
City: Herzberg (Elster)
Postal Code: 04916
State/Province: Brandenburg
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):Mast was from 1939 to 1945 the tallest construction in Europe and the second tallest in the world! It carried a metal lense with a height of 4 metres and a diametre of 25 metres on its top and was therefore a guyed mast, which looked like very unusual

Heights--
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 337 metres
- top floor:
- other heights:

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

Construction Dates--
- started: 1938
- finished: 1939
- destroyed: 1945


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

Structure Type(s): Guyed Mast
Building Use(s): Communication
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: steel
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City Name: Herzberg (Elster)
Native Name:
State/Province: Brandenburg
Country: Germany
Population: 10968
Population Source & Year: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzberg_%28Elster%29 (2004)

A diagram from this interesting guyed mast is already drawn. Unfortunately only a few debris of the basement are remaining.
The mast was dismantled by the Soviet troups. It is claimed, it was rebuilt in Russia, but it is not known where. There are
also rumours that Raszyn Radio Mast ( http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b41846 ) is the rebuilt mast of Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster.