Radiostanice, Radio station building in Poděbrady III, Czech Republic.
Radiostanice is a Rondocubist building designed by Bohumír Kozák and built in 1922–1923 by the firm of Karel Herzán on meadows east of Poděbrady. Its long-wave antenna was suspended between two 155-metre lattice masts, and the site includes a stone entrance gate. The original exterior and part of the decorated interior survive.
The facility was established in 1923 and created Czechoslovakia's first international radio telegraph connection. This installation enabled morse code messages to be transmitted across national borders.
The name refers to its role as a radiotelegraph transmitting station. The architect Bohumír Kozák designed it in the Rondocubist style, and the original exterior survives along with part of the richly decorated interior. The building now houses the facilities of a golf club whose course surrounds it.
The transmitter building stands on meadows between the Elbe floodplain forests east of Poděbrady, and the grounds are now part of a golf course. The building itself houses the golf club's facilities, so visitors should view the exterior, the entrance gate and the two masts from the course rather than expect to enter.
The location was specially chosen for its soil composition and wet ground conditions, which provided optimal grounding for the radio equipment. These geological features were critical for making the radio transmissions work effectively.
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