Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster
The transmitter Germany III was a 1939 in Herzberg on the Elster taken into service long wave radio transmitter, which spread the program of the Germany radio station on the frequency of 191 kHz.
He was at that time with a transmitter power of 500 kilowatts to the strongest radio stations in the world, however there were - contrary to the Nazi propaganda - abroad quite comparable systems. Served as an antenna support - without a roof capacity - 325 meters high, against the earth insulated guyed even more radiant transmission mast which a lenticular roof capacity with 25 meters in diameter and four meters high was at its peak, the inside was walkable. Since this mast also still on an eight meter high Abstimmhaus, possessed the whole construction a height of 337 meters and was at that time the tallest structure in Europe and after the Empire State Building is the second tallest structure in the world. For the construction of the tower is 600 tons of steel was used, which was made possible by the special design. Due to the lattice structure led a ladder with rungs up in 1600. Also notable was that this mast had no aviation safety lighting. Instead, its tip was illuminated by means of three small masts mounted on rotating Flakscheinwerfern during the night hours.
It was planned to extend the system to a circle phased array. This should be built, each 275 meters high around the central mast on a circle 1425 meters in diameter ten masts. At the planned site of the mast 9 in 1944 with the construction of a secondary antenna in the form of a triangular patch antenna, which started three 150 -meter-high towers, which formed a triangle with 210 meters. Because of the rapidly escalating war situation, this work could not be brought to an end.
The sending unit was badly damaged in a bombing raid on 21 April 1945 and was unusable, although the mast remained undamaged. He was later dismantled with all the technical equipment of the Soviet occupation forces. The degradation of the transmission towers began in July 1946 and was completed on 23 December 1947. 1959 a waterworks was built on the site of the former station building. Even today, remnants of the plant, in particular the blasted foundation of the transmitter tower and the former housing estate of the employee on the road are " on station" get. Whether and where the mast was rebuilt, is not known.