Eifel Transmitter
The Eifel Transmitter is an FM and TV transmission facility for the German broadcasting company of SWR and is located on the Scharteberg near Kirchweiler, Germany.Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scharteberg and Ernstberg.
Scharteberg
Peak
Photo: Mabol!, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Scharteberg is a mountain, 691.4 metres high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one of the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany.
Ernstberg
Peak
Photo: Mabol!, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ernstberg southeast of Hinterweiler is, at 698.8 m, the highest of the west Eifel volcanoes and, after the Hohe Acht, the second highest mountain in the Eifel overall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hinterweiler and Neroth.
Hinterweiler
Village
Hinterweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Neroth
Village
Photo: WinfriedSchneider, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neroth is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neroth is situated 2½ km south of Eifel Transmitter.
Steinborn
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Steinborn is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Eifel Transmitter.
Eifel Transmitter
- Type: Tower
- Description: architectural structure
- Category: radio transmitter
- Location: Kirchweiler, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.21874° or 50° 13′ 8″ northLongitude
6.75065° or 6° 45′ 2″ eastElevation
676 metres (2,218 feet)Height
302 metres (991 feet)Operator
SüdwestrundfunkOpen location code
9F286Q92+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1396630289OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q1592796
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In Other Languages
“Eifel Transmitter” goes by many names.
- German: “Sender Eifel”
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