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  Gliwice Radio Tower - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The Gliwice Radio Tower is the transmission tower of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) radio station, situated at 50°19' N and 18°41' E in Tarnowitzer Road in Gliwice.
It is an 118-metre high construction of lerch wood framework; after the demolition of the wooden radio tower of Ismaning on March 16th, 1983 it is perhaps the only wooden transmission tower in the world.
Gliwice Radio Tower is perhaps the tallest construction of wood in the world.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Gliwice_Radio_Tower   (221 words)

  
 eiffel tower - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Originally, Eiffel had a permit to leave the tower standing for 20 years, more than recouping his expenses, but, as it proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to stay after the end of the permit.
The tower (and the rest of Paris) were almost blown up by a terrorist nuclear bomb and Lois Lane almost plunged to her death under its elevator in Superman II.
The Radio Tower Gliwice was nicknamed "Eiffel Tower of Upper Silesia" and the wood framework tower of the transmitter Ismaning, which was demolished in 1983 was called the "Bavarian Eiffel Tower".
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/eiffel-tower   (1690 words)

  
 Gliwice
Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276 and was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Silesian Piast dukes.
An attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on August 31, 1939, staged by the German secret police, served as a pretext for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, which was the beginning of World War II.
The Gliwice Radio Tower of Radiostacja Gliwicka ("Radio Station Gliwice") in Szobiszowice is the only remaining radio tower of wood construction in the world, and with a height of 118 metres, is perhaps the tallest remaining construction made out of wood in the world.
simlovic.sk /wikipedia/en.php/Gliwice   (937 words)

  
 Top Literature - Gliwice Radio Tower
The Gleiwitz Radio Tower is the transmission tower of the Gliwice, Poland, radio station, situated at 50°18'48.2 N and 18°41'20 E on Tarnogórska Road in Gliwice.
Gliwice Radio Tower is perhaps the tallest wooden structure in the world.
Following the decision of the City Council taken on December 2, 2004, the Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts in Gliwice is located in the previous Radio Transmitter.
encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Gliwice_Radio_Tower   (316 words)

  
 Gliwice
During the Silesian Wars fought from 1740-1763, Gliwice was taken from Austria by the Kingdom of Prussia along with the majority of Silesia.
Gliwice was the center of the Mining industry of Upper Silesia.
The Gliwice Radio Tower of Radiostacja Gliwicka ("Radio Station Gliwice") is the only remaining radio tower of wood construction in the world, and with a height of 118 metres, is perhaps the tallest remaining construction made out of wood in the world.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/gl/Gliwice.htm   (701 words)

  
 Radio masts and towers at AllExperts
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas (also known as aerials in the UK) for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television.
In the case of a mast radiator or radiating tower, the whole mast or tower is itself the transmitting antenna.
Such towers also have the added advantage of being able to be placed in national parks and other such protected places without being obtrusive, such as towers disguised as cacti in Coronado National Forrest[3].
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ra/radio_masts_and_towers.htm   (1729 words)

  
 Gliwice, Poland
Gliwice was a German town (Gleiwitz), in the Prussian province of Silesia, over Klodnitz river, and on a railway between Opole and Krakow, 40 m.
A staged attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on August 31, 1939 served as a pretext for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, thus starting World War II.
The Aerial tower of "Sender Gleiwitz" (Radiostacja Gliwicka), the Radio Tower Gliwice is the only remaining radio tower of wood construction in the world and with a height of 118 metres is the tallest construction made out of wood, which exists nowadays on earth.
www.creekin.net /c5757-n149-gliwice-poland.html   (332 words)

  
 Gliwice Radio Tower - forum.poland.com
Gliwice Radio Tower is since the demolition of the radio tower Ismaning in 1983, which was nicknamed "Bavarian Eiffeltower" (http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/in...cfm?ID=s0010728), the tallest tower built of wood in the world.
The attack on Gleiwitz radio station, which was a raid of the station faked by the SS, but declared by the propaganda as done by members of Polish resistence groups was the official cause for World War II.
After 1955 the tower was used until the Mid of the eighties for transmitting jamming signals in order to jam the signals of RFE.
forum.poland.com /index.php?showtopic=1528   (260 words)

  
 dxradio.cz forum: Gliwice Radio Tower - World’s tallest tow
Gliwice Radio Tower, built of larch wood, which is hold together by bronze dowels.
Gliwice Radio Tower was built in 1935 and stands on an area of 20 * 20 metres.
It is 110 metres high and since the demolition of the wooden radio tower in Ismaning (Germany) (http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s001072 8) world's tallest tower built of wood!
www.dxradio.cz /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203&PN=1&get=last   (121 words)

  
 Gliwice provocation. Broadcasting station.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The building complex of the radio station was built in the period 1934-35 by a German company Lorenz (co-operation: Siemens, Telefunken, and others).
The most precious object of the whole complex is, obviou­sly, the broadcasting tower, allegedly the tallest wooden structure in the world (111 m).
The tower is built of larch wood, particularly resistant to pest and atmospheric factors.
republika.pl /radiostacjagliwicka/foldery/FoldeRAng.htm   (804 words)

  
 List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world - Thagodz Wiki
The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, stands at 553.33 m (1,815 ft) tall, and it is the world's tallest freestanding structure, and has been for over 30 years, even prior to opening in June 1976.
The Sears Tower still leads in the fourth category with 527 m (1,729 ft), previously held by the World Trade Center until the extension of the Chicago tower's western broadcast antenna in 2000, over a year prior to the Trade Center's destruction in 2001.
The Ostankino Tower and the CN Tower are excluded from these categories because they are not "habitable buildings", which are defined as frame structures made with floors and walls throughout.
www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world   (2440 words)

  
 World's tallest structures information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The CN Tower in Toronto stands at 553.33 m (1,815 ft) tall, and it is the tallest freestanding structure above ground.
Built in 1934 and demolished in 1945, the tallest tower ever built of wood was the 190 metre high radio tower of the transmitter Mühlacker in Germany.
The tallest tower built of wood is currently the transmission tower of the transmitter Gliwice in Poland at 118 meters.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/World's_tallest_structures?redir=1   (1998 words)

  
 Gliwice at AllExperts
The League of Nations determined that Gleiwitz would remain in Germany, as opposed to nearby Katowice (Kattowitz) which joined the newly found Poland.
Following World War II, Gliwice became a part of Poland and became part of the Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship in 1946.
* Akademia Polonijna in Częstochowa, branch in Gliwice
en.allexperts.com /e/g/gl/gliwice.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Gliwice travel guide - Wikitravel
Gliwice is in the Slaskie region of Poland.
Near the museum there is the old radio tower.
At 118 metre high it is currently the world's tallest wooden tower.
wikitravel.org /en/Gliwice   (105 words)

  
 Gliwice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Gliwice is a city of 210,000 inhabitants in a region of southern Poland known as Upper Silesia, and it is in the country’s industrial heartland.
On August 31, 1939, a group of German soldiers dressed up as Polish soldiers took over the city’s radio station, an incident that gave the Third Reich the excuse needed to invade Poland the next day and thereby start what turned out to be World War II.
During the war years, the city’s industry was transformed in order to support the German war effort, and its factories were supplied by slave labor from Auschwitz.
students.wharton.upenn.edu /~mvp/gliwice/gliwice.htm   (1244 words)

  
 World's tallest structures Information
In terms of absolute height, most of the tallest structures are dozens of radio and television broadcasting towers that are around 610 meters (2,000 feet) tall.
Transmission towers in excess of 600 meters (~2000 ft) exist in the USA at following places, almost all of which are situated in the Midwest.
The Warsaw radio mast at Gabin-Konstantynow near Warsaw, Poland at 645 m (2,115 ft) was taller, but it collapsed on August 8th, 1991.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/World's_tallest_structures   (1712 words)

  
 Radio Masts in Poland - SkyscraperCity
Here you can find on http://www.ukf.pl/index.php/topic,86.0.html about the radio mast Konstantynow, which was from 1974 to 1991 wold's tallest construction.
Radio Mast Konstantynow, collapsed in 1991, height: 646.38 metres (http://www.structurae.net/en/structu...0672/index.cfm
Is the transmitter house and the directional radio tower used for the supply of the programmes still standing?
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?p=5827114   (244 words)

  
 Hard-boiled Dreams of the World » Blog Archive » Fake Invasion at Gleiwitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
In the late evening of Thursday, August 31, 1939, German covert operatives pretending to be Polish terrorists seized the Gleiwitz radio station in the German/Poland border region of Silesia.
There have been reports of an attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz, which is just across the Polish border in Silesia.
As for the Gleiwitz radio station, it still boasts a 38-story tower, nicknamed the Bavarian Eiffel Tower, that’s the tallest wooden tower in the world.
joecrubaugh.com /blog/2007/01/31/fake-invasion-at-gleiwitz   (1063 words)

  
 Rideshare & Carpool • Gliwice • Ride for Cents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Besin Kaynağı, TR (powered by Geo Names)Links connected with Gliwice
Gliwice Radio Tower -, Poland, radio station, situated at 50°18'48.2 N and 18°41'20 E on Tarnogórska Road in Gliwice.
Gliwice - Gliwice (pronounce: ;), is an industrial city in southern Poland with 200,361 inhabitants (2004) over the Kłodnica River, about 20 km to the west from Katowice.
www.ride4cents.org /index.php?module=advert_list&mode=end&city=Gliwice   (189 words)

  
 Československý DX klub   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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Gliwice Radio Tower - World’s tallest tower built of wood!
Zaslal: po 23.01.2006 20:16:53 Předmět: Gliwice Radio Tower - World’s tallest tower built of wood!
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 Travelling in Europe • Gliwice • Ridesharing & Carpooling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Travelling in Europe • Gliwice • Ridesharing & Carpooling
Gleiwitz incident - The Gleiwitz incident was a staged attack on 31 August, 1939 against the German radio station ''Sender Gleiwitz'' in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (since 1945: Gliwice, Republic of Poland) on the eve of World War II in Europe.
This provocation was one of several actions in Operation Himmler, a Nazi Germany project to create the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany, (...)
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 The World According To Google - satellite pictures of the most interesting places on the World, satellite maps » ...
Piast Gliwice stadium, Gliwice, Poland - 0.558 miles (0.898 km)
Railway and bus stations in Gliwice, Poland - 1.008 miles (1.623 km)
Central cementery in Gliwice, Poland - 2.308 miles (3.715 km)
maps.pomocnik.com /Radio-station-in-Gliwice-Poland   (291 words)

  
 Our Trip To Gliwice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The first picture shows the old tower from the radio station that was taken over by German soldiers dressed up as Polish soldiers in August 1939, a staged incident that gave the Third Reich the excuse needed to invade Poland the next day.
Standing in front of it are Andrzej Folwarczny (left), President of the Forum for Dialogue, and Arturo Porzecanski.
The fourth picture shows the apartment building where Arthur lived the final years of his life, at Wietheallee #7 – mostly alone.
students.wharton.upenn.edu /~mvp/gliwice/foundation/foundation.htm   (184 words)

  
 Hard-boiled Dreams of the World » Politics
At the time of the second incident, the two U.S. destroyers misinterpreted radar and radio signals as attacks by the North Vientamese navy.
The commercial flight’s pilots would radio for help, mention that they had been attacked by a Cuban fighter, then land in secret at Eglin AFB.
The empty remote-controlled plane would then be blown out of the sky and the public would be told all the poor college students aboard were killed.
joecrubaugh.com /blog/index.php/category/politics   (5032 words)

  
 Travel guide for Gliwice - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
Travel guide for Gliwice - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
Search this article keywords: Gliwice, Poland, Slaskie, hostels, hotels, other accommodations, nightlife, things to do, restaurants, road trips, flying, travel, tourism
This page was last modified 13:41, 10 February 2006 by Ryan Holliday.
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 Request for Hi-Res Drawing of Gliwice Radio Tower - SkyscraperPage Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Request for Hi-Res Drawing of Gliwice Radio Tower
Can someone make a hi-res drawing of Gliwice Radio Tower (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b40682), the tallest wooden tower in the world nowadays.
A standard diagram does not show its interesting framework construction well.
forum.skyscraperpage.com /showthread.php?t=97914   (65 words)

  
 Google Earth Community: WWII: Places, battles & special OP "update"
But i found one little mistake in your project :/ i live in Gleiwitz (I thing it should be changed for Gliwice, Gleiwitz is unpopular here, on whole maps we are as Gliwice), and i know where Radio-Tower should be.Your Placemark "Attack on Gleiwitz Radio Station" is added too south-west.
Our tower is more on North-east and its easy to find, becouse it has a great shadow.
I would never found a mistake if i wont live here
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