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Berliner Fernsehturm mit der Turmspitze der St.Marienkirche in Spiegelung.
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Der Berliner Fernsehturm ist mit 368 Meter das höchste Bauwerk Deutschlands und das vierthöchste nicht abgespannte Bauwerk Europas. Er wurde im historischen Zentrum Berlins im Ortsteil Mitte (Bezirk Mitte) direkt neben der mittelalterlichen Marienkirche in Nachbarschaft zum Roten Rathaus und dem Bahnhof Alexanderplatz errichtet. Betreiber und Eigentümer der Anlage ist die Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG), ein Tochterunternehmen der Deutschen Telekom mit Sitz in Münster. Nicht zu verwechseln ist der Berliner Fernsehturm mit dem Berliner Funkturm auf dem Messegelände.
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The Fernsehturm is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany.
Close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin, the tower was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the administration of the German Democratic Republic. It was intended as a symbol of Berlin, which it remains today, as it is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. With its height of 368 meters, it is the tallest structure in Germany.
The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the country and is often in the establishing shot of films set in Berlin. Due to its location near Alexanderplatz, the tower is occasionally called Alex Tower.
The original total height of the tower was 365 metres (1,198 ft), but it rose to 368 metres (1,207 ft) after the installation of a new antenna in the 1990s. The Fernsehturm is the fourth tallest freestanding structure in Europe, after Moscow's Ostankino Tower, the Kiev TV Tower and the Riga Radio and TV Tower. There is a visitor platform and a revolving restaurant in the middle of the sphere. The visitor platform, also called panoramic floor, is at a height of about 203 metres (666 ft) above the ground and visibility can reach 42 kilometres (26 mi) on a clear day. The restaurant Telecafé, which rotates once every 30 minutes, is a few metres above the visitors platform at 207 metres (679 ft) (originally it turned once per hour; the speed was later doubled following the tower's late 1990s renovation). Inside the shaft are two lifts that shuttle visitors up to the sphere of the tower within 40 seconds. It is not accessible by wheelchair. There is also a Staircase with 986 steps.
In 1964, Walter Ulbricht, leader of the Socialist Unity Party which governed East Germany, decided to allow the construction of a television tower on Alexanderplatz, modelled on the Fernsehturm Stuttgart and the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik. The TV tower had several architects. Its former design was done by Hermann Henselmann, and Jörg Streitparth. It was built by the East German architects Fritz Dieter, Günter Franke and Werner Ahrendt between 1965-69. Walter Herzog, Gerhard Kosel and Herbert Aust later also took part in the planning. Construction began on 4 August 1965. After four years of construction, the Fernsehturm began test broadcasts on 3 October 1969, and it was officially inaugurated four days later on the GDR's National Day. It is among the best known sights in Berlin, and has around a million visitors a year.
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Back from a week in Berlin! What a wonderful city it is.
I took a lot of shots of the television tower, as we passed it several times, and it looks really cool! Lots of crappy shots. I think this was the best. Maybe. Still haven't looked through all the photos!
Just wanted to say HI! I will do some catching up this weekend :)
The iconic TV-tower of Berlin at dusk.
I attached the Olympus XA to a traffic sign pole with Gorillapod (what an excellent invention for a tripod!) to get a steady shot.