Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: structure with height greater than width
  • Also known as: Tinghøjtårnet” and “tower

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vebbestrup Church.

Church
is situated 4 km northwest of Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vebbestrup and Valsgård.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Tower.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Tower.

Village
is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Tower.

Tower

Latitude
56.70775° or 56° 42′ 28″ north
Longitude
9.87745° or 9° 52′ 39″ east
Inception
1959
Height
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
9F8FPV5G+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 729069039
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q12518
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: toring
  • Afrikaans: Toring
  • Albanian: kulla
  • Albanian: Kulla
  • Albanian: kullë
  • Arabic: برج (عمارة)
  • Arabic: برج
  • Aragonese: Torre
  • Armenian: Աշտարակ (կառույց)
  • Armenian: աշտարակ
  • Armenian: Աշտարակ
  • Assamese: টাৱাৰ
  • Assamese: মিনাৰ
  • Asturian: torre
  • Asturian: Torre
  • Azerbaijani: Qüllə (memarlıq)
  • Azerbaijani: Qüllə
  • Banjar: Pagungan
  • Bashkir: Башня
  • Basque: dorre
  • Basque: Dorre
  • Bavarian: Tuam
  • Belarusian: вежа
  • Belarusian: Вежа
  • Bengali: টাওয়ার
  • Bengali: সুউচ্চ স্থাপনা
  • Bosnian: toranj
  • Bosnian: Toranj
  • Breton: tour (savadur)
  • Breton: tour
  • Breton: Tour
  • Bulgarian: Кула
  • Burmese: မျှော်စင်
  • Catalan: torre
  • Catalan: Torre
  • Central Kurdish: بورج
  • Central Kurdish: تاوەر
  • Central Kurdish: کەلوو
  • Chechen: БӀов
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎾᎢᎦᏘ ᎠᏁᏍᎨᏓ
  • Chinese: Thah
  • Chinese: 塔式建筑
  • Chinese: 塔式建築
  • Chinese:
  • Chinese: 西洋塔
  • Church Slavic: трѣмъ
  • Cornish: Tour
  • Crimean Tatar: Qulle
  • Croatian: toranj
  • Croatian: Toranj
  • Czech: věž
  • Czech: Věž
  • Danish: tårn
  • Danish: Tårn
  • Dutch: toren
  • Dutch: Toren
  • Eastern Mari: башне
  • Eastern Mari: Башне
  • Egyptian Arabic: برج
  • Erzya: кевмар
  • Esperanto: turo
  • Esperanto: Turo
  • Estonian: torn
  • Estonian: Torn
  • Fiji Hindi: Tower
  • Finnish: torni
  • Finnish: Torni
  • French: tour
  • French: Tour
  • Galician: torre (construción)
  • Galician: torre
  • Galician: Torre
  • Georgian: კოშკი
  • German: Turm
  • Greek: πύργος
  • Greek: Πύργος
  • Guarani: ogayvatepo’i
  • Guarani: tórre
  • Guianese Creole French: Tour (édifis)
  • Guianese Creole French: tour
  • Guianese Creole French: Tour
  • Hausa: bene
  • Hawaiian: kowela
  • Hebrew: מגדל
  • Hindi: बुर्ज
  • Hungarian: torony (építmény)
  • Hungarian: torony
  • Hungarian: Torony
  • Iban: Menara
  • Icelandic: turn
  • Icelandic: Turn
  • Ido: Turmo
  • Iloko: torre
  • Iloko: Torre
  • Inari Sami: tornâ
  • Indonesian: menara
  • Indonesian: Menara
  • Interlingua: Turre
  • Irish: túr (foirgneamh)
  • Irish: túr
  • Irish: Túr
  • Italian: torre
  • Italian: Torre
  • Italian: torri
  • Jamaican Creole English: Towa
  • Japanese: タワー
  • Japanese:
  • Javanese: Menara
  • Kabiyè: kulukulu kuduyuu (Tour)
  • Kabiyè: Kulukulu kuduyuu
  • Kabyle: Berǧ (tasegda)
  • Kabyle: Berǧ
  • Kalmyk: Цамхаг
  • Kashubian: torma
  • Kashubian: wieżô
  • Kazakh: Мұнара
  • Kirghiz: Мунара
  • Korean:
  • Kurdish: birc
  • Latin: turris
  • Latin: Turris
  • Latvian: tornis
  • Latvian: Tornis
  • Literary Chinese:
  • Lithuanian: Bokštas (statinys)
  • Lithuanian: Bokštas
  • Lombard: Torr
  • Low German: Toorn
  • Lule Sami: toarnna
  • Luxembourgish: Tuerm
  • Macedonian: кула
  • Macedonian: Кула
  • Malagasy: Tilikambo
  • Malay: menara
  • Malay: Menara
  • Malayalam: ഗോപുരം
  • Maltese: torri
  • Maltese: Torri
  • Marathi: मनोरा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Thah
  • Minangkabau: Minaro
  • Mongolian: Цамхаг
  • Narom: Tou
  • Northern Sami: doardna
  • Northern Sami: toardna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tårn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tårn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tårn
  • Norwegian: Tårn
  • Occitan (post 1500): Torre
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܡܓܕܠܐ (ܒܢܝܢܐ)
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܡܓܕܠܐ
  • Ossetian: мæсгуытæ
  • Ossetian: мæсыг
  • Ossetian: Мæсыг
  • Panjabi: ਟਾਵਰ
  • Persian: برج (سازه)
  • Persian: برج
  • Piemontese: Tor
  • Pite Sami: tårdn
  • Polish: wieża
  • Polish: Wieża
  • Portuguese: torre
  • Portuguese: Torre
  • Quechua: Turri
  • Romanian: turn
  • Romanian: Turn
  • Russia Buriat: Самхаг
  • Russian: башня
  • Russian: Башня
  • Samogitian: Buokšts
  • Serbian: торањ
  • Serbian: Торањ
  • Serbo-Croatian: toranj
  • Serbo-Croatian: Toranj
  • Sicilian: turri
  • Sicilian: Turri
  • Silesian: wieża
  • Sindhi: برج (عمارت)
  • Sindhi: برج
  • Sinhala: කුළුණු
  • Slovak: veža
  • Slovak: Veža
  • Slovenian: stolp
  • Slovenian: Stolp
  • South Azerbaijani: بورج (تیکینتی)
  • South Azerbaijani: بورج (معمارلیق)
  • South Azerbaijani: بورج
  • Spanish: torre
  • Spanish: Torre
  • Swahili: Mnara
  • Swedish: torn
  • Swedish: Torn
  • Swiss German: Turm
  • Tagalog: Tore
  • Tamil: கோபுரம்
  • Tatar: manara
  • Tatar: qalança
  • Tatar: каланча
  • Tatar: манара
  • Thai: หอคอย
  • Tosk Albanian: Turm
  • Turkish: kule
  • Turkish: Kule
  • Udmurt: башня
  • Udmurt: кабаз
  • Uighur: مۇنار
  • Ukrainian: башта
  • Ukrainian: вежа
  • Ukrainian: Вежа
  • Upper Sorbian: wěža
  • Urdu: برج (تعمیرات)
  • Urdu: برج
  • Uzbek: Minora
  • Venetian: tore
  • Veps: Čuhunduz
  • Vietnamese: tháp
  • Vietnamese: Tháp
  • Vlaams: Torre
  • Waray (Philippines): Lantawan
  • Waray (Philippines): tore
  • Waray (Philippines): Tore
  • Welsh: tŵr
  • Welsh: Tŵr
  • Western Armenian: Աշտարակներ
  • Western Frisian: toer (bouwurk)
  • Western Frisian: toer
  • Western Frisian: Toer
  • Western Panjabi: برج
  • Wu Chinese: 塔式建筑
  • Xhosa: Inqaba
  • Yakut: Тала
  • Yiddish: טורעם
  • Yue Chinese: 西洋塔
  • Buokšts

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