Transmitter Weinbiet, Radio transmission mast on the Weinbiet near Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Transmitter Weinbiet is a 136-meter-tall guyed lattice tower standing at 554 meters elevation on Weinbiet mountain. The facility broadcasts radio and television programs across the Rhineland-Palatinate region.
The facility began broadcasting in May 1953 as one of the first television transmission sites in post-war Germany. It played a key role in establishing the radio network infrastructure for the Federal Republic.
The mast is nicknamed "Weinbietsender" locally, and its summit neighbours are the stone Weinbietturm and the Weinbiethaus inn run by the Pfälzerwald-Verein. The site's FM and DAB+ signals carry public and private programmes, so the hilltop is a landmark for listeners across the Palatinate.
The mast stands on the 554 m summit plateau of the Weinbiet in the Haardt range, on the forested land of the Neustadt district of Gimmeldingen. Right beside it are the stone Weinbietturm and the Weinbiethaus inn run by the Pfälzerwald-Verein, so the site is reached on foot via marked trails; the tower itself is not open to visitors.
The location supplied television signals to Stuttgart before that city built its own tower. This long-distance connection shows how strategically placed broadcast sites were crucial in early television network development.
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