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Leitturm

Austria

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Leitturm is a concrete bunker and antiaircraft tower in Vienna built by the Nazis during the Second World War. It is one of six such structures in Vienna and has, in modern times, come under controversy as to whether the towers should be demolished or preserved. The concrete towers are extensively fortified and were to be used as shelters in addition to platforms for antiaircraft cannons that were placed on top of the structures. The Leitturm is the best preserved example of the six towers.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More tall towers in Austria

  1. Donauturm252 m
  2. Exelberg Telecommunication Tower109 m
  3. Habsburgwarte m
  4. Sendeturm Dobratsch m
  5. Rauheneck Castle (Baden) m

Other tall towers worldwide

  1. Warsaw radio mast · Konstantynów646.4 m
  2. Tokyo Skytree · Oshiage634 m
  3. KRDK-TV mast · Traill County627.8 m
  4. Diversified Communications Tower · South Carolina609.6 m
  5. KATV tower · Jefferson County609.6 m
  6. KVLY-TV mast · Blanchard605 m
  7. Abraj Al Bait · Mecca601 m
  8. Canton Tower · Chigang Subdistrict600 m