- Source: Gauss Tower
The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the Hoher Hagen in Dransfeld, Germany. The tower can be reached directly by car. A restaurant with a panoramic view is located inside the tower.
The tower is named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, who made the large triangle from the Hohen Hagen break into Inselsberg a basis of his survey of Hanover.
Data
Construction period: 11 months
Completion: September 1964
Viewing platform: 528 m over NN
Tower height: 51 m
Foundation: 6 m deep, with a diameter of 13 m.
Diameter of tower shaft: 5 m
1st platform: 18 m (at a value of 14,5 m)
Top platform: 13 m
Elevator capacity: Maximum 8 persons
Travel time: 55 seconds
Emergency stairway: 225 steps, leading from the viewing platform to the entrance and/or the cellar
See also
List of towers
External links
"Gaußturm". SkyscraperPage.
Gauss Tower at Structurae