Heinrich Hertz Tower

The Heinrich Hertz Tower is a landmark radio telecommunication tower in the city of Hamburg. Designed by architect Fritz Trautwein, in co-operation with civil engineers Jörg Schlaich, Rudolf Bergermann and Fritz Leonhardt, the tower was built between 1965–1968 for the former Deutsche Bundespost (German Federal Post and Telecommunications Agency) near Planten un Blomen park. With an overall height of 279.2 m (916 ft) it is Hamburg’s tallest structure, consisting of a 204 m (670 ft) steel-reinforced concrete lower section topped by a 45 m (148 ft) steel-lattice tower and a three-segmented cylinder of about 30 m (98 ft), which supports various antennas. It housed a transmitting station serving the city of Hamburg’s Surveying Agency. The tower is named after the Hamburg-born German physicist Heinrich Hertz. A memorial plaque in his honour on the tower’s wall reads: “Heinrich Hertz – Son of the City of Hamburg”.