North Rhine-Westphalia
Lower Rhine
Düsseldorf

Rhine tower

The Rheinturm is a 240.5-metre-high concrete in , capital of the federal state of , . Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—11:30 PM
  • Email: info@rheinturm.de
  • Type: Building
  • Description: TV tower in Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Also known as: “Rheinturm” and “Rhine Tower”
  • Address: Stromstraße 20, Düsseldorf, 40221
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lichtzeitpegel and State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Clock
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is a clock.

Work of art
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is a work of art, which is situated 140 metres east of Rhine tower.

Museum
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or KIT is a contemporary art museum in . It is the new exhibition space of , located within the Rheinufertunnel - hence the name. It has an underground exhibition area of 850m². is situated 410 metres northeast of Rhine tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Düsseldorf-Carlstadt and Unterbilk.

Suburb
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Carlstadt is a quarter of and belongs to the central Borough 1. It lies south of the Old Town and was named after the Duke Carl-Theodor, who founded this borough.

Suburb
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is an urban quarter in Borough 3 of the state capital . It is the seat of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rheinturm tower and, together with the is the centre of the media industry in Düsseldorf.

Suburb
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The is one of the 50 quarters of , ; it belongs to central Borough 1. The Düsseldorfer is known as "the longest bar in the world", because the small Old Town has more than 300 bars and discothèques; supposedly, each establishment's bar-counter connecting to one next door.

Rhine tower

Latitude
51.21795° or 51° 13′ 5″ north
Longitude
6.76165° or 6° 45′ 42″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Height
179 metres (589 feet)
Open location code
9F386Q96+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161648930
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­communications_tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6254998
Wiki­data ID
Q679491
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“Rhine tower” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Rheinturm”
  • Chinese: “莱茵塔”
  • Chinese: “萊茵塔”
  • Croatian: “Rheinturm”
  • Dutch: “Rheinturm”
  • Dutch: “Rijntoren”
  • Esperanto: “Rejnturo”
  • Finnish: “Rheinturm”
  • French: “Rheinturm Dusseldorf”
  • French: “Rheinturm Düsseldorf”
  • French: “Rheinturm”
  • German: “Fernsehturm Düsseldorf”
  • German: “Rheinturm”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Ρήνου”
  • Ido: “Rhenturmo”
  • Italian: “Fernsehturm di Düsseldorf”
  • Italian: “Rheinturm”
  • Japanese: “ライン塔”
  • Macedonian: “Рајнска кула”
  • Macedonian: “Рајнтурм”
  • Polish: “Rheinturm”
  • Portuguese: “Rheinturm”
  • Russian: “Rheinturm”
  • Russian: “Райнтурм”
  • Russian: “Телебашня Rheinturm”
  • Russian: “Телебашня Дюссельдорфа”
  • Slovak: “Rýnska veža”
  • Spanish: “Torre del Rin”

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