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368 meters high, weighing 26,000 tons. Today, more than 30 television programs are broadcast on the 118-meter-high red-white antenna, some of them received by the satellite, plus two dozen radio stations and signals for mobile communications. The listed building was opened in 1969 for the 20th anniversary of the DDR.

"The Revenge of the Pope"

Once SED boss Walter Ulbricht stood with city planners in front of a model of Berlin. The "TV and VHF tower of the Deutsche Post" was originally to be built on Müggelsee, then on Volkspark Friedrichshain. Suddenly Ulbricht pointed to the broad Alexanderplatz and declared: "Well then, comrades, there you see it very well: there he belongs!" He had chosen the tower as the crown of the city, he should be widely seen, especially in the western part of the city. The construction was also a matter for the boss. From 1965 Ulbricht oversaw the construction mammoth project himself. After 53 months of construction, the tower was finished.
What the party boss overlooked: The cult object of the anti-religious state shows in sunshine on its silver, 4,800-ton bullet a widely visible cross. Ulbricht is said to have raged, even after the treatment of the ball - which looks like a disco ball, but originally should remind of a Sputnik - with lacquers and chemicals, the cross of light was still visible. Many speakers referred to the Christian symbol, such as US President Ronald Reagan in 1987, when he called in his famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate, the Soviet President Gorbachev, to open the wall. The vernacular immediately had nicknames like "The Revenge of the Pope" or "St. Walter" (Ulbricht) ready for the tower.
1.2 million people travel each year up to the viewing platform in Europe's tallest publicly accessible building, which is one of Germany's most popular sights. The fact that a landmark of the GDR has become a Wessi-Tower and a Ganz-Berliner could almost be taken as evidence that the reunification of both German states has succeeded. Coincidentally, the 3rd of October is also the day of German unity.

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