HIGHEST- Tower in the Netherlands
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The highest tower in the Netherlands is the Gerbrandy Tower (Dutch: Gerbrandytoren), a tower in IJsselstein. It was built in 1961.
Waymark Code: WMHAGF
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/15/2013
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"The Gerbrandy Tower is used for directional radio services and for FM- and TV-broadcasting. The Gerbrandy Tower consists of a concrete tower with a height of 100 meters on which a guyed aerial mast is mounted. Its total height was originally 382.5 meters, but in 1987 it was reduced to 375 meters.
On August 2nd, 2007 its analog antenna was replaced by a digital one reducing its height by another 9 meters. Its height is now 366.8 meters.
This tower type is a partially guyed tower, which combines a lower free standing tower antennas with an upper guyed mast. If the structure is counted as a tower, it is the tallest tower in Western Europe. The Gerbrandy Tower is not the only tower which consists of a concrete tower on which a guyed mast is set. There is one similar but smaller tower with the same structure in the Netherlands, the radio tower of Zendstation Smilde, which consisted of an 80 meter high concrete tower, on which a 223.5 meter high guyed mast was mounted. This structure collapsed after a fire on July 15th, 2011. Rebuilding of that tower started in late 2011 and is planned to be complete around August 2012; the replacement structure will also be a partially guyed tower.
Largest Christmas tree
During the Christmas season lamps are put on the guys and make the tower the biggest Christmas tree in the world. There were plans to limit these decorations to once every 5 years, but sponsoring has allowed the seasonal lighting to be put up every year so far. However, during Christmas 2006 there were no decorations on the mast.
Due to the repairs after the fire on July 15th 2011, the lights were limited to the white light on the top and searchlights at the base.
The tower is named after Pieter Gerbrandy, prime minister of the Netherlands during World War Two.Nearby, there are two other remarkable masts, the mast of mediumwave transmitter Lopik and KNMI-mast Cabauw, a mast used for meteorological measurements."Wikipedia
List of towers Netherlands:
366,8 m | Gerbrandytoren*, IJsselstein (Utr) 1961
304,5 m | Zendmast Smilde*, Smilde (Dre) 1959
207,0 m | KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven, Rotterdam (Z-H) 1962
196,0 m | KPN-Toren, Hilversum (N-H) 1973
186,0 m | Euromast*, Rotterdam (Z-H) 1962
176,0 m | Zendmast, Roermond (Lim) 1957
174,4 m | Zendstation, Markelo (Ove) 1958
161,0 m | Nozema TV-Toren, Lelystad (Fle) 1975
156,0 m | Zendstation, Roosendaal (N-B) 1986
154,5 m | Zendmast, Zwolle (Ove) 2003
153,5 m | Nozema Zendstation, Mierlo (N-B) 1957
149,5 m | Zendstation, Maastricht (Lim)
149,0 m | KPN-toren, Haarlem (N-H)
149,0 m | TenneT-toren, Arnhem (Gel) 1969
146,0 m | KPN-toren RAi, Amsterdam (N-H) 2005
145,0 m | Toren van Spannenburg, Tjerkgaast (Fri) 2005
144,0 m | Nozema-toren, Wormer (N-H) 1968
140,0 m | Zendstation, Loon op Zand (N-B) 1986
137,0 m | TV-toren*, Goes (Zee) 1957
135,0 m | KPN-toren, Alphen aan den Rijn (Z-H)
135,0 m | Zendstation Megen (N-B) 1980
133,0 m | Nozema-toren*, Den Haag (Z-H) 1965
132,0 m | TV-toren, Ittervoort (Lim) 1965
128,0 m | KPN-toren, De Mortel (N-B) 1990
125,0 m | Zendmast, Hengelo (Ove) 2003
112,0 m | Domtoren, Utrecht (Utr)
105,0 m | Televisietoren, Mierlo (N-B) 1957
097,0 m | Martinitoren*, Groningen (Gro) 1482
Type of documentation of superlative status: Quest
Location of coordinates: Center of tower
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