Franconia
Middle Franconia
Nuremberg

Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg

The Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg, the tallest structure in Bavaria, is a telecommunication tower in , southern . Also called the Nürnberger Ei because of its egg-shaped tower basket in a height of 185 metres, it is 292 metres high and was built between 1977 and 1980 according to blueprints by architect Erwin Heinle.
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Photo: Nicohofmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: tower
  • Also known as: “Fernmeldeturm Nuernberg” and “Fernsehturm Hansastraße 1, Hansastraße 5, Hansastraße 9 in Nürnberg”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Garnisonsmuseum and Hohe Marter station.

Museum
Photo: Aarp65, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 540 metres east of Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.

Metro station
Photo: Silesia711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Nuremberg U-Bahn station, located on the line U2. Opened in 1986, Hohe Marter is a U-Bahn station, designed by the artist Peter Angermann. is situated 490 metres northeast of Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.

Church
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 680 metres northeast of Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stein bei Nürnberg and Gostenhof.

Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stein, also referred to as "Stein bei Nürnberg", is a city in in the county of Fürth. It borders to the south. Stein had about 14,000 inhabitants in 2019.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northeast of Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.

Suburb
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 4 km northeast of Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.

Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg

Latitude
49.42598° or 49° 25′ 34″ north
Longitude
11.03892° or 11° 2′ 20″ east
Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)
Inception
1980
Height
293 metres (961 feet)
Operator
Deutsche Funkturm GmbH
Open location code
8FXHC2GQ+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23283521
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­communications_tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
7281539
Wiki­data ID
Q458405
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg”. Photo: Nicohofmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.