Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium
The Bell Tower on May Field is a 77.17 meter high observation tower in Berlin. It was built in 1934 according to plans by Werner March. The steel skeleton construction was covered with limestone slabs. After a fire at the end of the Second World War the tower was no longer stable and was blown up by British pioneers on 15 February 1947.
Between 1960 and 1962, the tower was built according to the old plans. In it, a new 4.5 -tonne Olympic bell hangs. It is decorated with depictions of the German eagle and the Brandenburg Gate and wears the Olympic rings between the texts: " Olympic Games 1936 " and " I call upon the youth of the world ". The bell produces the sound fis0.
The original 9.6 -tonne Olympic bell, which had not been removed prior to demolition in 1947, fell in action 77 meters in depth and was so badly damaged that they could not be used in the reconstruction. To prevent metal theft, she was buried, 1956 using re-discovered by metal detectors and excavated on 16 December of the same year. In the meantime, stood the bell before a building at the Hanns -Braun- stadium on the Olympic site. Today it is a memorial and meeting place on the south side of the Olympic Stadium. This 4.28 -meter-high bell with a diameter of about 2.80 meters was poured on August 14, 1935 by Bochum club for Gussstahlfabrikation and lifted after the formal transfer to Berlin on 11 May 1936 in the bell tower. The transfer of the bell from Bochum to Berlin was ( " triumph " ) used extensively in the form of a tour of several German cities to propaganda for the Olympic Games and the resurgent Empire and also transmitted by radio.
In the foot of the tower is the Langemarckhalle. The other rooms are used since 2006, multimedia permanent exhibition Geschichtsort Olympic site from 1909 to 1936 - 2006 of the German Historical Museum. In the long term move in the belfry the Berlin Sports Museum.
The bell tower is from mid-March to mid-November and daily open from mid- November to mid- March, snow-free weekends. An express elevator takes interested visitors to the viewing platforms that provide a panoramic view, among others, on the Olympic Park, the Olympic Stadium, the forest stage, the neighboring reserve Murellenberge, Murellenschlucht and Schanze forest and across the city of Berlin and the Brandenburg countryside.