Germany
City state Bremen
Bremen

Fallturm Bremen

Fallturm Bremen is a drop tower at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen in Bremen. It was built between 1988 and 1990, and includes a 122-metre-high drop tube, in which for 4.74 seconds, or for over 9 seconds weightlessness can be produced.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: drop tower at the University of Bremen
  • Also known as: “Bremen Drop Tower” and “Universität Bremen (ZARM, Fallturm)”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include International School of Bremen and Science Center.

School
Photo: Eleanor McLean, CC BY-SA 4.0.
International School in Bremen is a private, co-educational, English-speaking school that was established in 1998 in - Horn-Lehe, Badgasteiner Straße 11/Hochschulring, . Jamie Perfect became Director of the school in 2018, following Malcom Davis. is situated 190 metres south of Fallturm Bremen.

Museum
Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Universum Bremen is a science museum in , . Visitors are encouraged to interact with most of the approximately 250 exhibits. It receives on average 450,000 visitors annually. is situated 1 km southwest of Fallturm Bremen.

Memorial
Photo: Verograph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a memorial, which is situated 410 metres southwest of Fallturm Bremen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horn-Lehe and Schwachhausen.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Bukk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Fallturm Bremen.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Fallturm Bremen.

Fallturm Bremen

Latitude
53.11037° or 53° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
8.85791° or 8° 51′ 29″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Inception
1989
Height
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
9F5C4V65+45
Open­Street­Map ID
way 180344326
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7284814
Wiki­data ID
Q1394759
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Fallturm Bremen” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • Czech: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • Dutch: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • French: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • German: “Bremer Fallturm”
  • German: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ההפלה של ברמן”
  • Hebrew: “פאלטורם ברמן”
  • Spanish: “Fallturm Bremen”
  • Turkish: “Fallturm Bremen”

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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 “Fallturm Bremen”. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.