The Deutschlandsender III was a 500 kilowatt longwave transmitter, erected in 1938/39 near Herzberg, Brandenburg in Germany. Used for the Deutschlandsender radio broadcasts, the guyed mast reaching a height of was the tallest construction in Europe and the second tallest in the world. Construction The Deutschlandsender III used a tall guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section. This was used as a mast radiator and was therefore mounted on a high steatite insulator. At the top of the mast there was a lens-like electrical lengthening structure with a diameter of and a height of . Because the mast was under high voltage during transmission, the aircraft warning lighting was realized in a very unconventional manner. On small poles near the mast multiple rotating searchlights were mounted which illuminated the lens-like structure on the top. It was planned to expand the facility to a circle group antenna. Therefore, ten tall masts should be built on a circle with a diameter of around the central mast. In 1944 construction of a backup antenna in form of a triangle antenna, carried by three tall masts, forming a triangle with sidelength, started on the location of the planned mast No. 9. This antenna could not be completed as a result of the war. On 21 April 1945 the transmitter was severely damaged by Allied bombing. The mast remained unimpaired, but it was dismantled by the Soviet occupation troops, a task that lasted from July 1946 to 23 December 1947. The other parts of the facility were dismantled in 1959, when waterworks were built on the former station area. Nevertheless, there are still some remnants of the base visible at the location. It is unknown what happened to the mast after it was dismantled. It is sometimes claimed that it was rebuilt in the Ukraine, as "Kiev" was scrawled on the containers the components were transported in. See also List of masts External links http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45271 Former radio masts and towers Radio masts and towers in Germany Buildings and structures in Elbe-Elster Demolished buildings and structures in Germany History of telecommunications in Germany Towers completed in 1939 Lost objects Elbe-Elster Land 1939 establishments in Germany