Königs Wusterhausen radio transmitter

The transmitter King Wusterhausen on the Funkerberg in the north King Wusterhausen in Brandenburg was one of the first transmission facilities in Germany.

He went in 1915 as a military radio station with the call sign in LP mode. From 1920 onwards, regular transfers of Tonaussendungen found from the transmitter King Wusterhausen held for the first time, the reception was officially banned in Germany until 1923. 1925, the 243 -meter-high central tower, a free-standing lattice tower, and guyed masts were built with twelve heights 100-210 meters. Since the space on the Funkerberg was no longer sufficient, came other plants in Zeesenboot how the Germany station II and a short- wave transmitter. After the Second World War, all plants were dismantled in Zeesenboot and numerous facilities on the Funkerberg. However, some new stations were installed on the Funkerberg, including a 100 -kW longwave transmitter, which went into operation in August 1946 and still served as a reserve for the station Zehlendorf to 1992.

The French occupation forces blew up on 16 December 1948, the transmitter mast Tegel for endangering air traffic at Tegel new airport. The intact medium wave transmitter was managed by the Soviets after King Wustershausen and taken there on 20 March 1949 in operation.

On November 13, 1972 overthrew the central tower, wearing a T- antenna together with the still existent 210-meter masts, one during the storm depression Quimburga. After the reunification of the transmission mode was gradually scaled back. Today only transmission mode from a 67 meter high cell tower is carried out, which was built in 1994. A 210 meters high, equipped with two long wire antenna transmission tower is a technical monument today. Full service operation from the transmitting station King Wusterhausen off of mobile ended in the summer of 1995. Nowadays located on the Funkerberg the transmitter Museum King Wusterhausen. The 210 -meter high mast 17 ​​on the Funkerberg was overhauled in 2009.