Fernsehturm Berlin
The Fernsehturm in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of Communist power.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: television tower in Berlin
- Also known as: “Berlin TV Tower”, “Berliner Fernsehturm”, “Telespargel”, and “TV Tower”
- Address: Panoramastraße 1a, Berlin, 10178
- Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alexanderplatz and Saint Mary’s Church.
Alexanderplatz
Square
Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west. Alexanderplatz is situated 290 metres northeast of Fernsehturm Berlin.
Saint Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary's Church, known in German as the Marienkirche or St.-Marien-Kirche, is a church in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße in central Berlin, near Alexanderplatz. Saint Mary’s Church is situated 150 metres west of Fernsehturm Berlin.
Berlin Alexanderplatz station
Railway station
Photo: IngolfBLN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a German railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. It is one of the busiest transport hubs in the Berlin area, servicing surface-level trams and buses as well as the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, and regional rail. Berlin Alexanderplatz station is situated 150 metres northeast of Fernsehturm Berlin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alt-Berlin and Mitte.
Alt-Berlin
Locality
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Alt-Berlin, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Mitte
Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.
Scheunenviertel
Neighborhood
Scheunenviertel is a neighborhood of Mitte in the centre of Berlin. It is situated to the north of the medieval Altberlin area, east of the Rosenthaler Straße and Hackescher Markt.
Fernsehturm Berlin
- Categories: television tower, observation tower, historic site, building, and tourism
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.52082° or 52° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
13.40942° or 13° 24′ 34″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Inception
1969Height
368 metres (1,207 feet)Operator
Deutsche Funkturm GmbHOpen location code
9F4MGCC5+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 556435241OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=communications_towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Fernsehturm Berlin” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Televisietoring van Berlyn”
- Arabic: “برج برلين”
- Armenian: “Բեռլինի հեռուստաաշտարակ”
- Asturian: “Fernsehturm de Berlín”
- Azerbaijani: “Berlin teleqülləsi”
- Balinese: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Basque: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Belarusian: “Берлінская тэлевежа”
- Belarusian: “Бэрлінская тэлевежа”
- Breton: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Bulgarian: “Берлинска телевизионна кула”
- Catalan: “Fernsehturm de Berlín”
- Chinese: “柏林电视塔”
- Chinese: “柏林電視塔”
- Croatian: “Televizijski toranj Berlin”
- Czech: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Czech: “Fernsehturm”
- Danish: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Danish: “Berlins fjernsynstårn”
- Danish: “Berlins Fjernsynstårn”
- Danish: “Fernsehturm”
- Dutch: “Fernsehturm”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج برلين”
- Esperanto: “Fernsehturm de Berlin”
- Esperanto: “Fernsehturm de Berlino”
- Esperanto: “Fernsehturm”
- Esperanto: “Televida turo de Berlino”
- Esperanto: “Televida turo”
- Estonian: “Berliini teletorn”
- Finnish: “Berliinin televisiotorni”
- Finnish: “Berliinin tv-torni”
- Finnish: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Finnish: “Fernsehturm”
- French: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- French: “Fernsehturm de Berlin”
- French: “Telespargel”
- French: “Tour de la télévision”
- French: “Tour de télévision de Berlin”
- Galician: “Fernsehturm de Berlín”
- Galician: “Fernsehturm”
- German: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- German: “Fernmeldeturm 32”
- German: “Fernsehturm Alexanderplatz”
- German: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- German: “Fernsehturm”
- German: “Spreeturm”
- German: “Telespargel”
- Greek: “Τηλεοπτικός πύργος Βερολίνου”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הטלוויזיה בברלין”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הטלוויזיה של ברלין”
- Hebrew: “פרנזהטורם”
- Hebrew: “פרנזיטורם”
- Hungarian: “Berlini tévétorony”
- Icelandic: “Sjónvarpsturninn í Berlín”
- Indonesian: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Indonesian: “Fernsehturm”
- Italian: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Italian: “Fernsehturm di Berlino”
- Italian: “torre della televisione di Berlino”
- Italian: “Torre della televisione di Berlino”
- Italian: “Torre della Televisione di Berlino”
- Japanese: “ベルリンタワー”
- Japanese: “ベルリンテレビタワー”
- Japanese: “ベルリンテレビ塔”
- Korean: “베를린 TV 타워”
- Korean: “베를린 텔레비전 송신탑”
- Korean: “베를린 텔레비전탑”
- Latvian: “Berlīnes televīzijas tornis”
- Lithuanian: “Berlyno TV bokštas”
- Luxembourgish: “Berliner Fernseetuerm”
- Luxembourgish: “Berliner Fernsehtuerm”
- Macedonian: “Берлинска телевизиска кула”
- Macedonian: “Фернзетурм”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berliner fernsehturm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berlins fjernsynstårn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fernsehturm”
- Norwegian: “Berlins fjernsynstårn”
- Persian: “برج برلین”
- Persian: “فهرست برج ها”
- Persian: “فهرست برجها”
- Polish: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Polish: “Berlińska Wieża Telewizyjna”
- Polish: “Fernsehturm w Berlinie”
- Polish: “Fernsehturm”
- Polish: “Wieża telewizyjna w Berlinie”
- Portuguese: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Portuguese: “Torre de televisão berlim”
- Romanian: “Fernsehturm”
- Romanian: “Turnul de televiziune din Berlin”
- Russian: “Fernsehturm”
- Russian: “Берлинская телебашня”
- Serbian: “Berlinski televizijski toranj”
- Serbian: “Fernsehturm”
- Serbian: “Берлински телевизијски торањ”
- Serbian: “Фернзетурм”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Berlinski televizijski toranj”
- Slovak: “Fernsehturm”
- Slovenian: “berlinski televizijski stolp”
- Slovenian: “televizijski stolp Berlin”
- Spanish: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Spanish: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Spanish: “Fernsehturm de Berlín”
- Spanish: “Spreeturm”
- Spanish: “Torre de televisión de Berlin”
- Spanish: “Torre de televisión de Berlín”
- Spanish: “Torre de Televisión de Berlín”
- Swedish: “Berlin fernsehturm”
- Swedish: “Berliner fernsehturm”
- Swedish: “Berlins TV-torn”
- Swedish: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Swedish: “Fernsehturm”
- Swedish: “Tv-tornet i Berlin”
- Tagalog: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Tamil: “பேர்லின் தொலைக்காட்சிக் கோபுரம்”
- Thai: “หอกระจายภาพเบอร์ลิน”
- Turkish: “Berlin Fernsehturm”
- Turkish: “Berlin TV Kulesi”
- Turkish: “Berlin TV Tower”
- Turkish: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Turkish: “Fernsehturm Berlin”
- Ukrainian: “Берлінська телевежа”
- Urdu: “فیرنزیتورم برلن”
- Welsh: “Berliner Fernsehturm”
- Western Panjabi: “فرنزہٹرم برلن”
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