Das Video zum Berliner Fernsehturm
mit original Bildern zu seiner Entstehung.

17 min.  Xvid4  480x384 25fps / mp3

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The Fernsehturm (German for "television tower") is a television tower in the city centre of Berlin, Germany.
This well-known landmark, close to Alexanderplatz, was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).
It was a symbol of Berlin by the GDR administration, which itremainstoday,as it is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin.

The original total height of the tower was 365 metres (1198 feet), but it rose to 368 m (1207 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 rotating restaurant in the middle of the sphere.
The visitor platform is at a height of about 204 m (669 ft) above the ground and visibility can reach 42 km (26 miles) on a clear day.
The restaurant, which rotates once every 30 minutes, is a few metres above the visitors platform (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.

Technical Details

    * 1 Tuned mass damper
    * Entrance of observation deck is 6.25 metres (20.5 ft) above ground
    * 2 lifts for transport of visitors
    * 1 lift for transport of technical equipment
    * Steel stairway with 986 steps
    * Evacuation platforms at 188 metres (594 ft) and 191 metres (627 ft) high
    * Observation deck at 203.78 (669 ft) metres
    * Restaurant at 207.53 metres (681 ft)
    * Height of the tower: 368.03 metres (1207 ft)
    * Weight of the shaft: 26 000 tonnes
    * Weight of the sphere 4 800 tonnes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm 
http://www.berlinerfernsehturm.de/

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