Mulleklenkes, Television tower in Aachen Forest, Germany.
Mulleklenkes is a 133-meter television tower near Aachen Forest with a tapered concrete shaft and antenna platforms at its top. It broadcasts digital television, DAB+ radio signals, and mobile communications across western Germany's region.
Deutsche Bundespost completed the 133-metre FMT 12 tower in 1984 at a cost of 5.6 million DM. Since 1992 it has carried the Radio NRW local service on 100.1 MHz, first Radio Aachen and later Antenne AC. Its analogue television transmitters were switched off in 2004, and DVB-T gave way to DVB-T2 HD in 2017.
The name combines local dialect words: 'mullen' means chattering and 'Klenkes' refers to the extended little finger, a gesture linked to Aachen's needle-making craft. This naming reflects the city's identity and working traditions.
This tower stands on a wooded ridge and is visible from surrounding paths, though not open for public access to the interior. Visitors can view and photograph it from outside by walking nearby forest trails in the area.
The tower sits at the westernmost point of Germany's transmission network, acting as a signal relay toward neighboring countries. This strategic placement makes it a silent border transmitter serving both German and cross-border communications.
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