List of tallest structures in Europe
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Template:GeoGroupTemplate This is a list of the tallest structures of any kind which exist in Europe. The list contains all types of structures, including guyed masts and oil drilling platforms of 350 metres (1,150 feet) or more. The list doesn't contain Warsaw Radio Mast which was the tallest structure in the world between 1974 and 8 August 1991 at 2120 ft (646.38 m), but does not exist anymore.
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| Name | Structural type | Usage | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | Town | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostankino Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1967 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Moscow | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | The tallest structure in Europe. Fire in 2000 led to renovation |
| Troll A platform | offshore platform | gas drilling and production | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1996 | Norway | North Sea | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". of height is below sea surface |
| Lakhta Center | skyscraper | offices and public spaces | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2019 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | Template:WikidataCoord | The tallest building in Europe |
| Longwave radio mast Hellissandur | guyed mast | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1963 | Iceland | Hellissandur | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Built as LORAN-C station. Converted by RÚV for LW broadcasts at 300kW.[1] |
| Emley Moor radio mast | concrete tower | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1964 | United Kingdom | Emley, West Yorkshire | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Collapsed on 19 March 1969, due to icing. Replaced by Script error: No such module "convert". tall concrete tower |
| Kyiv TV Tower | lattice tower | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1973 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Kyiv | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tallest lattice tower in the world. Damaged. |
| Gullfaks C | offshore platform | Oil drilling and production | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1990 | Norway | North Sea | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Script error: No such module "convert". of height is below sea surface |
| Federation Tower: East Tower | skyscraper | offices | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2016 | Russia | Moscow | Template:WikidataCoord | |
| Torreta de Guardamar | guyed mast | LF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1962 | Spain | Guardamar del Segura | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Radio mast used by Spanish Navy |
| Riga Radio and TV Tower | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1987 | Latvia |
Riga | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tripod construction, resembling the Eiffel Tower |
| Berliner Fernsehturm | concrete tower | observation, FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1969 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) |
Berlin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Was Script error: No such module "convert". tall when completed in 1969 |
| Gerbrandy Tower | partially guyed tower | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1961 | Netherlands | IJsselstein | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Original height: Script error: No such module "convert".. 1987: height reduction to Script error: No such module "convert".. 2007: further height reduction to Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Skelton transmitter | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2001 | United Kingdom | Skelton, Cumbria | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Insulated against ground |
| Trbovlje Chimney | concrete tower | chimney | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1976 | Slovenia | Trbovlje | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tallest chimney in Europe |
| Sender Donebach | guyed masts | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1982 | Germany (West Germany | Donebach | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Tambov TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1991 | Russia | Tambov | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Donetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1992 | Ukraine | Donetsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Novosokolniki TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1995 | Russia | Novosokolniki | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Longwave transmitter Ingøy | guyed mast | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2000 | Norway | Ingøya | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Grounded, upfed |
| Sender Zehlendorf, new longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave /FM-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1979 | Germany (East Germany at time of construction) |
Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Grounded structure with cage antenna |
| FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1976 | Poland | Kosztowy | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | guyed mast | directional radio link | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1978 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction) |
Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Demolished on 8 February 2009 by explosives |
| Pieczewo TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1969 | Poland | Olsztyn | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Endesa Termic | concrete tower | chimney | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Spain | As Pontes, Galicia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| RKS Liblice 2 | guyed masts | AM transmission (now turned off) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1980 | Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia at time of construction) |
Liblice, Český Brod | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tallest masts used for medium wave broadcasting, grounded structures with cage antennas. |
| Străşeni TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1985 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) | Străşeni | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Lipetsk TV Mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1991 | Russia | Lipetsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| OKO: South Tower | skyscraper | residential, hotel | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2015 | Russia | Moscow | Template:WikidataCoord | |
| TV Tower Vinnytsia | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1961 | Ukraine (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Vinnytsia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Equipped with six crossbars running from the mast body to the guys |
| Sosnovy Longwave Radio Mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | ? | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Sosnovy | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| VLF transmitter DHO38 | guyed masts | VLF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1982 | Germany (West Germany at time of construction)) |
Saterland-Ramsloh, Lower Saxony | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Insulated against ground |
| Chimney of Phoenix Copper Smelter | concrete tower | chimney | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1995 | Romania | Baia Mare | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tallest structure in Romania |
| Belmont mast | guyed mast | FM-/TV-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1965 | United Kingdom | Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Until 2010 tallest construction in the EU. Original height Script error: No such module "convert".. Extension to Script error: No such module "convert". in 1967. Height reduction in 2010 to Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Sender Zehlendorf, old longwave transmission mast | guyed mast | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1962 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) |
Zehlendorf, Brandenburg | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Grounded structure with cage antenna, destroyed on 18 May 1978, due to aircraft collision |
| Longwave transmitter Allouis | guyed masts | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | France | Allouis | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". ; Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | First mast built in 1952 was Script error: No such module "convert". tall until 1974, second mast built in 1974 |
| Sendemast SL3 | guyed mast | longwave transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968 | Germany (GDR at time of construction) |
Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Collapsed on 18 February 1976 |
| Mosolovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Mosolovo | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Kolodischi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1970 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Minsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Lipin Bor TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1970 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Lipin Bor | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Grigoriopol transmitter, large medium wave mast | guyed mast | MW-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1968-1975 | Moldova (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Maiac | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Collapsed in 1997 |
| Selizharovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Selizharovo | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Pinerovka TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1971 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Pinerovka | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Ushachi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Belarus (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Ushachy | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Yershov TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Yershov | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Tula TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1975/76 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Tula | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Novo-Bykovo TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Vladimir | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Rodniki TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1977 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Rodniki | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Volga TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1978 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Rybinsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Kanevskaya TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Kanevskaya | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Stavropol TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1979 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Stavropol | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Livny TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1979? | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Livny | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Sovetsky TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1984 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Sovetsky, Mari El Republic | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Smogiri TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1986 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Smolensk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Varaksino TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1988 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Izhevsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Tsivilsk TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1990 | Russia (Soviet Union at time of construction) |
Tsivilsk | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Galich TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1991 | Russia | Galich | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Unused |
| Polykovichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | ? | Belarus | Mahilyow/Polykovichi | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Novaya Strazha TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | ? | Belarus | Slonim | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Smetanichi TV Mast | guyed mast | UHF/VHF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | ? | Belarus | Smetanichi | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| HWU transmitter, central mast | guyed mast | VLF-transmission | Script error: No such module "convert". | ? | France | Rosnay | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
History
The following is a list of structures that were historically the tallest in Europe.
| From | To | Structure | Location | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | 1240 | Malmesbury Abbey Tower | Malmesbury, United Kingdom | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1240 | 1311 | Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral | London, United Kingdom | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1311 | 1549 | Tower of Lincoln Cathedral | Lincoln, United Kingdom | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1549 | 1647 | Tower of St Mary's church | Stralsund, Germany | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1647 | 1874 | Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral | Strasbourg, France | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1874 | 1876 | Tower of St. Nikolai | Hamburg, Germany | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1876 | 1880 | Tower of Rouen Cathedral | Rouen, France | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1880 | 1889 | Tower of Cologne Cathedral | Cologne, Germany | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1889 | 1933 | Eiffel Tower | Paris, France | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1933 | 1939 | Lakihegy Tower | Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1939 | 1946 | Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster | Herzberg, Germany | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1946 | 1949 | Lakihegy Tower | Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1949 | 1961 | Raszyn radio transmitter | Łazy, Poland | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1961 | 1963 | Gerbrandy Tower | IJsselstein, Netherlands | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1963 | 1967 | Longwave radio mast Hellissandur | Hellissandur, Iceland | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1967 | 1974 | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1974 | 1991 | Warsaw Radio Mast | Konstantynów, Poland | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| 1991 | present | Ostankino Tower | Moscow, Russia | Script error: No such module "convert". |
Gallery
Some of the highest structures in Europe
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Warsaw Radio Mast, was the tallest structure in the world before it collapsed in 1991
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Ostankino TV Tower, the tallest structure in Europe
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Inta CHAYKA-Mast
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Gerbrandy Tower in 2006
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Antenna RAI of Caltanissetta the tallest structure in Italy
See also
- List of tallest structures in the world
- List of tallest buildings in Europe
- List of tallest buildings in Scandinavia
- List of tallest buildings in the Balkans
- List of tallest buildings in the Baltic states
References
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