Sender Leher Feld, Radio transmission tower in Horn-Lehe, Germany
Sender Leher Feld was a broadcasting facility on a 40,000 m² site in Horn-Lehe, Bremen, built in 1951. Its medium-wave antenna was a 100-metre tubular mast, later raised to 110 metres, and from 1962 a 200-metre antenna support mast stood on the grounds. The operating buildings housed twelve engineers and technicians working in shifts in the 1960s.
Radio Bremen built the transmission facility in 1951 to broadcast programs across northern Germany. After nearly 50 years of operation, the installation was completely demolished in January 1999 and the site later developed into a commercial area.
The pause signal broadcast by the earlier Bremen transmitter was the Morse code BRM, for Bremen. In the 1960s a third FM transmitter carried a guest-worker programme for foreign employees. The site's masts were part of the everyday view for people in Horn-Lehe until broadcasting ended in 1999.
The site is no longer publicly accessible as it has been developed into the Horn-Lehe West commercial district. However, the location remains easy to reach via several transportation routes and offers opportunities to walk through the modern industrial area.
The facility was part of early German radio broadcasting in the 1920s and played a key role in reaching audiences across northern Germany. Over the decades, it became a technological landmark that reflected how radio transmission methods evolved and improved.
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