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Fernsehturm Stuttgart
The world's very first television tower is to be found in Stuttgart. After a construction period lasting 20 months, the Stuttgart Television Tower was inaugurated on 5th Feburary 1956. It became a prototype that was imitated refined all over the world. Originally the Süddeutscher Rundfunk (South German Broadcasting Company) had intended to install its antennas on top of a 200-metre-high, guyed iron lattice mast. However, Professor Fritz Leonhardt, the famous Stuttgart bridge builder and structural engineer, proposed a concrete tower instead. Today the Television Tower is one of Stuttgart´s best-known landmarks.
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
The world's very first television tower is to be found in Stuttgart. After a construction period lasting 20 months, the Stuttgart Television Tower was inaugurated on 5th Feburary 1956. It became a prototype that was imitated refined all over the world. Originally the Süddeutscher Rundfunk (South German Broadcasting Company) had intended to install its antennas on top of a 200-metre-high, guyed iron lattice mast. However, Professor Fritz Leonhardt, the famous Stuttgart bridge builder and structural engineer, proposed a concrete tower instead. Today the Television Tower is one of Stuttgart´s best-known landmarks.