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Florianturm

The Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of . 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.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: Telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund(Germany)
  • Address: Am Kaiserhain, Dortmund
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westfalenstadion and Westfalenpark.

Stadium
Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is a football in , , 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. is situated 2 km west of Florianturm.

Park
Photo: Mbdortmund, GFDL.
The is a large public park in , 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 .

Observatory
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is an observatory, which is situated 310 metres south of Florianturm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kreuzviertel and Hörde.

Quarter
is a of , 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.

Suburb
Photo: DerMische, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a Stadtteil in the south of the city of in . 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

Latitude
51.49662° or 51° 29′ 48″ north
Longitude
7.47659° or 7° 28′ 36″ east
Inception
1959
Height
209 metres (684 feet)
Operator
Deutsche Telekom
Open location code
9F39FFWG+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10724497797
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q450812
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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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