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ë Fernsehturm is a television tower in the center of Berlin
ë Built between 1965 and 1969
ë Height of the tower: 368.03 m (1,207.4 ft)
ë The Fersehturm is the tallest structure in Germany
ë The original total height of the tower was 1,198 ft --- 1,207 ft after the
installation of a new antenna in the 1990s
ë There is a visitor platform and a revolving restaurant in the middle of the
sphere.
ë The visitor platform is at a height of about 669 ft above the ground and
visibility can reach 26 mi on a clear day
ë The restaurant rotates once every 30 minutes. Originally it turned once per
hour. The speed was doubled in the late 90͛s
ë Steel stairway with 986 steps
ë Observation deck at 203.78 m
ë Inside the shaft are two lifts that shuttle visitors up to the sphere of the
tower within 40 seconds.
ë When the sun shines on the stainless steel dome, the reflection usually
appears in the form of a crossʹ which was not predicted or desired by
planners
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ë By Heinrich Straumer
ë Built between 1924 and 1926
ë Built as one large steel frame construction similar to the Eiffel Tower
ë Little over 150 m high
ë Radio tower was originally planned strictly as a transmitting tower, but later
additions:
-Restaurant at a height of approximately 52m
-Observation deck at a height of approximately 125 m. Visitors reach the
restaurant and the observation deck by an elevator
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Radio tower opened to the public
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!From an antenna of the top of the radio tower, the first
regular television program of the world is transmitted
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!Major fire in the exhibition hall at the radio tower destroys
all transmission devices at the radio tower. Also burned out the restaurant.
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$!One of the four legs of the tower at a height of 38 meters was
damaged. The restaurant is again burned out.
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ë -The Rathaus Schoneberg located on Rudolph-Wilde-Platz was
created between 1911-1914
ë -It was created for Schoneberg which was not incorporated into
Berlin until 1920.
ë -It's the City Hall for the Borough of Tempelhof-Schoneberg
ë -temporarily served as the city hall for West Berlin when Berlin
was split up
ë -after being reunited Rathaus Schoneberg returned to its original
purpose.
ë -Rathause Schoneberg was the location of President John F.
Kennedy's famous speech "Ich bin ein Berliner" (which means "I
am a citizen of Berlin") in 1963 which the square was renamed for
after his assasination. The square is now known as John-F.-
Kennedy-Platz. He was expressing his support (United States
support) for West Berlin. There is also a large plaque dedicated to
Kennedy and part of the building and room are dedicated to
Kennedy and his family.
ë -It also houses an exhibition on Willy Brandt's life who lived from
1913-1992. He was the Mayor of West Berlin between 1957-1966
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ë -It's a palace built for Prince Ferdinand of Prussia as a summer
residence.
ë -It was designed and constructed by Phillip Daniel Boumann an
architect.
ë -Schloss Bellevue was the first Neoclassical building in Germany
with two wings and Corinthian columns. The wings were named
"ladies' Wing" and "Spree Wing"
ë -The building is surrounded by a park
ë -It was the residence for the Crowned Prince of Germany until
1918. And on September 3, 1870 the treaty ending the Franco-
Prussian War was signed there.
ë -Damaged in May 1945 at the end of the Second World War it
needed refurbishment which occurred in the 1950's, again in
1986-87. It was reconstructed between 2004-05 to fix defects
from earlier renovations.
ë -The presidential standard is flown on top of the palace unless the
president takes official residence elsewhere.
ë -It is currently used for the official seat of the German President as
it has been since 1994.
 Sources:
ë http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus_Sch%C3%B6neberg

ë http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Bellevue

ë http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkturm_Berlin

ë http://www.aip.de/image_archive/images/funkturm_065_xl.jpg

ë http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin

ë http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Berliner_fernsehturm.jpg

ë http://trendsupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Berlin_Fernsehturm.jpg

ë http://www.berlin101.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/tv-tower-panorama3.jpg

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