Longinus Tower

It was erected by the Baumberge Club between 1897 and 1901 on the summit of the 182.61-metre-high Westerberg hill.

It was from the Longinus Tower that, in 1952, Reinhold Holtstiege, transmitted the first public television programmes after World War II.

As it had no connection to the grid, the transmitter was powered by a transformer from a car battery.

But its relatively low height was not enough to meet the demand, and so a 182-metre-high, steel tube mast was built in the vicinity, guyed at 70 and 143 metres.

In 1992 a wind measurement system was installed on the top of the tower.