Sender Cuxhaven, Radio transmission facility in Cuxhaven, Germany
Sender Cuxhaven is a Norddeutscher Rundfunk radio transmission facility on the 30-metre-high Holter Höhe near Altenwalde, about three kilometres south-west of Cuxhaven. Its antenna carrier is a guyed steel lattice mast. It supplies the town of Cuxhaven, surrounding areas and the Hamburg island of Neuwerk.
Sender Cuxhaven stands on the 30-metre-high Holter Höhe near Altenwalde, about three kilometres south-west of Cuxhaven, and its antenna is a guyed steel lattice mast. From 24 May 2005 to 27 October 2009 the mast carried DVB-T signals; these were later moved to the Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower to improve reception in the Cuxhaven area. Analogue PAL television broadcasts ended in mid-2005, and DAB+ radio ran from 11 February 2020 to 1 April 2025.
The mast on the 30-metre Holter Höhe near Altenwalde carries NDR radio programmes for Cuxhaven, the surrounding area and the island of Neuwerk, which belongs to Hamburg. From 11 February 2020 to 1 April 2025 digital radio in the DAB+ standard was broadcast from here in vertical polarisation.
The mast stands on the Holter Höhe, a 30-metre rise at Altenwalde, about three kilometres southwest of Cuxhaven. It is a guyed steel lattice tower, not open to visitors, but it can be seen from public paths around Altenwalde.
The mast on the Holter Höhe, 30 metres high and about three kilometres south-west of Cuxhaven, also carried DVB-T television signals from 24 May 2005 to 27 October 2009. Transmission then moved to the Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Tower to improve reception in the Cuxhaven area. DAB+ radio ran from 11 February 2020 to 1 April 2025.
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