Wiederau transmitter, Broadcasting tower in Pegau, Germany

The Wiederau transmitter is a broadcasting facility near Pegau, Saxony, consisting of a 236-metre guyed steel-tube mast and a 212-metre grounded guyed mast, plus a triangular antenna for medium wave. The taller mast, insulated from ground until 1985, carries FM and TV antennas on top; the shorter mast is grounded and used only for FM and TV.

The transmitter was built in 1932 as a medium-wave facility originally equipped with two wooden lattice towers. The site was later modernized with updated steel structures that stand today.

From 1945 the site carried Radio Moscow's German service, received at Probstheida and later Holzhausen near Leipzig and relayed by cable to Wiederau on 1322 kHz. The frequency was meant for Soviet troops stationed in East Germany. Until the Wachenbrunn transmitter opened in 1989, Wiederau relayed this programming.

The tower is visible from nearby roads and marks the landscape of the region clearly. Visitors should note that the site is not accessible for safety reasons and can only be viewed from outside the barrier area.

During World War II, the facility was integrated into broadcasting networks aimed at disrupting Allied aircraft navigation. The technology used targeted radio frequencies to interfere with navigation systems.