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Parachute Tower in Katowice

Poland

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Parachute Tower in Katowice (Wieża spadochronowa w Katowicach) is a 35-metre tall lattice parachute tower built in 1937 for training parachute jumps. It was used in the first days of World War II by Germany's 73rd Infantry Division as an observation tower. The tower is the only existing parachute tower in Poland.

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

More tall towers in Poland

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  2. FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy358.7 m
  3. FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo356.5 m
  4. FM- and TV-mast Zygry346 m
  5. Raszyn radio transmitter335 m

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