Gauss Tower

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Gauss Tower

The Gauss Tower is a reinforced concrete observation tower on the summit of the High Hagens 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.

From 1909 to 1963, there had already been a Gaussturm nearby. It broke when a quarry was expanded too far in the 1950s.

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

• Skyscraper Page entry on Gauss Tower
• Gauss Tower at Structurae