Built by the German Reichspost in 1927, it served the nationwide Deutschlandsender radio transmissions by the Deutsche Welle broadcaster.
Construction started after the capacity of the first Königs Wusterhausen radio transmitter became insufficient to meet the growing demand.
The completion of the Zeesen facility was delayed for three weeks, when the western of the two masts collapsed as its construction reached a height of 40 m (130 ft).
Kurt von Böckmann, who for eight years had run the Bavarian network, was appointed in 1933 April to head the station.
In World War II it was used as reserve transmitter for the Herzberg station and for transmitting messages to agents of German's secret services.