Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter

Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter is a large facility for FM and TV transmission in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated behalf of the communities of Gartow and Höhbeck.

At time of completion it was, together with the since-demolished mast of the Berlin-Frohnau radio relay station, the tallest structure in former West Germany, and served together with the 327-metre mast for a directional radio link to West Berlin.

Because structures used for carrying directional radio links have to withstand great wind forces, as such antennas cause high wind loads, both masts are of a very strong design and anchored by double guys.

The topmost of these cabinets is situated at 325 metres, making it the highest closed room on a man-made structure in the European Union.

After 1990, the 327-metre tall mast became increasingly obsolete, and was made completely redundant by the digital switchover of TV broadcasting in 2008.