Rheinturm
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on 1 December 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high. The observation deck is open to public daily from 10:00 to 23:30.
As a special attraction, a light sculpture on its shaft works as a clock. This sculpture was designed by Horst H. Baumann and is called Lichtzeitpegel (light time level). The light sculpture on the Rheinturm is the largest digital clock in the world. The clock is a 24-hour clock with six sets of lights, two each for the Hour (00 to 24), Minutes (00 to 60), and Seconds (00 to 60), to be read from top to bottom.
Gallery
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Rheinturm at blue hour
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View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Stadtmitte
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Rheinturm Düsseldorf 70th Anniversary of the state NRW Illumination with Rhine Comet
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The Rheinturm displaying the time. The number of dots represents the Hour, Minutes, and Seconds as shown in the image above
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View from the Rheinturm looking down onto Bürger Park
See also
- List of tallest structures in Germany
- List of tallest structures in Europe
- List of tallest towers in the world
References
External links
Media related to Rheinturm in Düsseldorf at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Views from Rheinturm at Wikimedia Commons
- 360° interactive panorama
- Rheinturm Restaurants QOMO and M 168, Centro Hotels Group (in German and English)
- Rhine Tower at Structurae
- time lapse of tower and clock at new years fire work
Literature
- Klaus Müller, Hermann Wegener, Heinz-Gerd Wöstemeyer: Rheinturm Düsseldorf: Daten und Fakten Triltsch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-7998-0060-3.
- Roland Kanz: Architekturführer Düsseldorf. Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3, S. 81.
- Klaus Englert: … in die Jahre gekommen. Der Rheinturm in Düsseldorf. In db Deutsche Bauzeitung 141, 2007, Nr.6, S. 85–88, ISSN 0721-1902.
- Erwin Heinle, Fritz Leonhardt: Türme aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-421-02931-8, S. 235.51°13′04″N 6°45′42″E / 51.21778°N 6.76167°E