Florianturm
The Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund. It is named after St. Florian, the patron saint of gardeners. The Florianturm is the TV tower of Dortmund and was built in 1959 as an attraction for a federal horticultural show with a height of 219.6 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Observation point
- Description: Telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund(Germany)
- Also known as: “Fernsehturm Dortmund ( Florianturm)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westfalenpark and Westfalenstadion.
Westfalenpark
Park
Photo: Mbdortmund, GFDL.
The Westfalenpark is a large public park in Dortmund, Germany. With an area of 70 ha, the park is one of the largest inner-city parks in Europe and is a popular destination for excursions and recreation in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Westfalenstadion
Stadium
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Westfalenstadion is a football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund. Officially called Signal Iduna Park for sponsorship reasons and BVB Stadion Dortmund in UEFA competitions, the name derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia. Westfalenstadion is situated 2 km west of Florianturm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kreuzviertel and Hörde.
Kreuzviertel
Quarter
Kreuzviertel is a neighbourhood of Dortmund, Germany and it has about 15,885 inhabitants. Along with the Nordstadt in the north and the Kaiserviertel in the east, it is part of Dortmund's dense inner city districts.
Brünninghausen
Suburb
Brünninghausen is a Stadtteil in the south of the city of Dortmund in Germany. It belongs to the Stadtbezirk Hombruch. With a population of 3,913 and an area of 2.16 km2 it is one of the smaller parts of Dortmund.
Florianturm
- Categories: television tower, observation tower, radio transmitter, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dortmund, Arnsberg, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Florianturm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج فلوريان”
- Azerbaijani: “Florianturm”
- Chinese: “弗洛里安塔”
- Dutch: “Florianturm”
- French: “tour Florian”
- French: “Tour Florian”
- German: “Fernmeldeturm Dortmund”
- German: “Fernsehturm Dortmund”
- German: “Florian”
- German: “Florianturm”
- Latvian: “Florianturm”
- Polish: “Florianturm”
- Portuguese: “Florianturm”
- Russian: “Florianturm”
- Russian: “Телебашня Дортмунда”
- Russian: “Флориантурм”
- Swedish: “Florianturm”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Florianturm”. Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.