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Heidelstein transmitter

transmitter site in Bavaria, Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ2270270 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Heidelstein transmitter is a facility for FM and TV broadcasting on the Heidelstein mountain in the Rhön, Germany. It uses as an antenna, a 218-metre tall guyed mast of tubular steel, which weighs 245 tons, and it was built in 1969. The Heidelstein transmitter is the property of Deutsche Telekom.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Heidelstein transmitter” is transmitter site in Bavaria, Germany. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Heidelstein, transmitter and site, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Heidelstein, transmitter and site is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “transmitter site in Bavaria, Germany” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2270270. Authority coordinates are 50.461, 10.007. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969.

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This entry incorporates text from “Heidelstein transmitter” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.