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== Wooden lattice towers == [[File:Gliwice_Radiostacja_DSC_9386.jpg|thumb| [[Radio Tower Gliwice]] is the tallest wooden lattice tower in the world]] === Existing towers === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Pinnacle height !! class=unsortable|Remarks |- |[[Radio Tower Gliwice]] |1935 |Poland |Gliwice |118 m |Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts |- |[[Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers]] |1951 |United States |Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake |109.73 m |Two towers, used for hanging up targets for guided missiles |- |[[Rottenbuch Radio Tower]] |2002 |Germany |Peiting |66 m |Tower for directional radio and mobile phone services |- |[[Tour du Millénaire]] |2001 |Belgium |Gedinne |60 m |interesting design |- |Himmelsglück Observation Tower |2021 |Germany |Schömberg |55 m |observation tower |- |[[Aalborgtårnet]] |1933 |Denmark |Aalborg |54.9 m |observation tower |- |[[Aerial test facility Brück]] |1963 |Germany |Brück |54 m |Two towers of different design |- | [[Torre de Herveo]] | 1922 | Colombia | [[Manizales]] | 52 m | former support structure of aerial tramway |- |[[Observation Tower Blumenthal]] |2004 |Germany |Blumenthal |45 m |observation tower |- |[[Copenhagen Zoo]] Tower |1905 |Denmark |Copenhagen |43.5 |observation tower |- |[[Chuderhüsi Tower]] |2001 |Switzerland |Röthenbach |42 m |observation tower |- |[[Teltschik Tower]] |2001 |Germany |Wilhelmsfeld |41 m |observation tower |- |[[Veitsch Mount of Olives Pilgrims Cross]] |2004 |Austria |Veitsch |40.6 m |observation tower |- |[[Wil Tower]] |2006 |Switzerland |Wil |38 m |observation tower |- |[[Raiffeisen Observation Tower]] |1990 |Germany |Aldorf |35 m |observation tower |- |[[Oberpfalz Tower]] |2000 |Germany |[[Platte (Steinwald)|Platte]] |35 m |observation tower |- |[[Loorenkopf]] Observation Tower |1954 |Switzerland |Zurich |33 m |observation tower |- |[[Ossinger Tower]] |2013 |Germany |Ossinger mountain |32 m |observation tower |- |[[Eugen-Keidel Tower]] |1981 |Germany |Schauinsland mountain |31 m |observation tower |- |[[Atzelberg Tower]] |1980 |Germany |Kelkheim |30.39 m |observation tower |- |[[Fire observation Tower Rennbeck]] |? |Germany |Oer |30 m |fire observation tower |- |[[Idarkopf Tower]] |1980 |Germany |Idarkopf |28 m |observation tower |- |[[Hohenmirsberg Observation Tower]] |2008 |Germany |Pottenstein |28 m |observation tower |- |Höhbeck Observation Tower |2008 |Germany |Höhbeck |26 m |observation tower |- |[[Loth Tower]] |2003 |Switzerland |Magglingen |25 m |observation tower |- |[[Salzkopfturm]] |1975 |Germany |Salzkopf |24 m |observation tower |- |[[Observation Tower Burgstall]] |2000 |Austria |Kirchberg/Donau |24 m |observation tower |- |[[Krawutschke Tower]] |1972 |Germany |Burgberg |13 m |observation tower |} === Destroyed Wooden lattice towers === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Pinnacle height !! Date of demolition !! class=unsortable|Remarks |- |[[Transmitter Muehlacker|Transmission Tower Mühlacker]] |1934 |Germany |Mühlacker |190 m |April 6, 1945 | |- |[[Transmitter Berlin-Tegel]] |1933 |Germany |Berlin |165 m |December 16, 1948 | |- |[[Transmitter Ismaning|Sendeturm Ismaning]] |1932 |Germany |Ismaning |163 m |March 16, 1983 | |- |[[Sender Langenberg|Sendeturm Langenberg]] |1934 |Germany |Velbert-Langenberg |160 m |October 10, 1935 |destroyed by a tornado |- |[[Wiederau transmitter|Sendeturm Wiederau]] |1935 |Germany |Wiederau |150 m |October 27, 1953 | |- |[[Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt|Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt]] |1934 |Germany |Hamburg |145 m |September 1949 | |- |[[Transmitter Żórawina]] |1932 |Germany |Żórawina, Poland |140 m |Fall 1990 | |- |[[Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth]] |1935 |Germany |Nuremberg |124 m |July 12, 1961 | |- |[[Madona Radio Towers]] |1932 |[[Latvia]] |Madona |116 m |1944 | |- |[[Transmitter Heilsberg]] |1935 |Germany |Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland |115 m |1940 | |- |[[Freiburg-Lehen transmitter]] |1933 |Germany |Freiburg |107 m |April 21, 1945 | |- |[[Heiligenstock transmitter]] |1934 |Germany |Frankfurt/Main |107 m |March 25, 1945 | |- |[[Transmitter Koblenz]] |1934 |Germany |Koblenz |107 m |1965 | |- |[[Transmitter Trier]] |1935 |Germany |Trier |107 m |1948 | |- |[[Transmitter Heilsberg]] |1930 |Germany |Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland |102 m |1935 |Two towers |- |[[Reichenbach transmitter]] |1937 |Germany |Reichenbach/Oberlausitz |100 m |May 7, 1945 | |- |[[Golm transmitter]] |1948 |Germany |Golm |100 m |October 25, 1979 | |- |[[Latting Observatory]] |1853 |United States |New York City |96 m |1856 |Observation tower, destroyed by a fire |- |[[Stettin Radio Tower]] |1934 |Poland |[[Szczecin]] |93 m |1945 | |- |[[Utbremen Radio Tower]] |1933 |Germany |[[Bremen]] |90 m |1939 |destroyed by lightning |- |[[Flensburg-Jürgensby transmitter|Flensburg Radio Tower]] |1928 |Germany |Flensburg |90 m |1957 | |- |Pillar of [[Mittersill]] goods aerial tramway |194? |Austria |Mittersill |80 m |195? |Aerial tramway support pillar of goods aerial tramway, which never went in service |- |[[Stadelheim Transmitter]] |1926 |Germany |Munich-Stadelheim |75 m |1930s |Two towers |- |[[Chain Home]] Reception Towers |1939 |UK |multiple locations |73.15 m |1945–1960 | |- |Cricklade Radio Tower |1967 |United Kingdom |Cricklade |73.15 m |January 26, 2000 |[https://www.rafblakehillfarm.co.uk/blakehill-radio-mast] |- |[[Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen]] |1931 |Germany |Zeesen |70 m |1939 | |- |[[Reception Tower Utlandshörn]] |1935 |Germany |Utlandshörn |65 m |1977 | |- |Towers of [[South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station]] |1902 |United States |South Wellfleet, Massachusetts |64 m |1920 |4 towers <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm |title=Marconi's Wellfleet (Cape Cod) Wireless - Stormfax® |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2008-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024192918/http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Towers of Königsberg Air Traffic Control Centre |1926 |Russia |Kaliningrad |63 m |1945 |Two towers |- |[[Palatine Transmitter]] |1926 |Germany |Kaiserslautern |60 m |1945 |Two towers |- |[[Huizen transmitter]] |1937 |Netherlands |Huizen |60 m |1940 | |- |Central mast of [[Boguchwala transmitter]] |1953 |Poland |Boguchwala |60 m |1957 | |- |[[Holmudden Radar Tower]][http://www.signalspaning.se/om_tes/] |1948 |Sweden |Holmudden |? |1958 | |- |[[Wardenclyffe Tower]] |1899 |United States |Shoreham |57 m |1917 | |- |[[Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower]] |1910 |Germany |Wiesbaden |50 m |1918 | |- |Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station |1937 |Germany |Cuxhaven |50 m |1967/1970 |Three towers, two demolished in 1967, third tower demolished in 1970 |- |[[Stolp transmitter]] |1938/1939 |Poland |Dębnica Kaszubska |50 m |1955 |7 towers |- |[[Jelenia Góra]] transmitter |1957 |Poland |Jelenia Góra |47 m |1967 | |- |[[Sender Langenberg|Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg]] |1935 |Germany |Velbert-Langenberg |45 m |April 12, 1945 |Three towers |- |[[Goethe Tower]] |1931 |Germany |Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen |43 m |October 12, 2017 |Destroyed in a fire |- |Bayreuth transmitter, T-antenna |194? |Germany |Bayreuth |40 m |1954 |2 towers in a distance of 70 metres |- |Augsburg-Hochzoll transmitter |194? |Germany |Augsburg |40 m |1952 |2 towers |- |[[Kempten-Engelshalde Transmitter]] |1951 |Germany |Kempten |40 m |1956 |Two towers |- |[[Transmitter Heusweiler|Heusweiler Mast 1]] |1935 |Germany |Heusweiler |35 m |March 17, 1945 | |- |Schneeberg Air Force Tower |1938 |Germany |Bischofsgrün |35 m |1942 | |- |[[Transmitter Heusweiler|Heusweiler Mast 2]] |1935 |Germany |Heusweiler |31 m |March 17, 1945 | |- |[[Holzbergturm]] |2005 |Germany |[[Malente]] |28 m |2017 |observation tower |}
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