of complaints from nearby residents about interference to electrical equipment. Voice of Russia announced in December 2012 that they intended to cease medium wave transmissions from Germany for financial reasons from 1 January 2013. Besides Wachenbrunn, this also involved the transmitter sites in Cremlingen-Abbenrode and Wilsdruff. Wachenbrunn transmitter site was switched off as scheduled on 31 December 2012 at 23:00. The remaining four transmitting masts were demolished on 19 September 2013 at 14:55, ending the existence of the transmitter site. Solar power plant On 12 March 2015 the construction of a solar power plant started on the location of the former 882 kHz transmitter site. On 13 May 2015 it was connected to the network. Facility As an aerial two guyed steel tube masts insulated against ground with heights of 142.8 metres (464 feet) were used. One of these masts had been a reflector mast at Berlin-Köpenick transmitter site until 1988, before it was dismantled and rebuilt at Wachenbrunn. This type of transmission aerial allowed a better radiation toward the south-west. Furthermore, until the mid-1990s there was a triangle area aerial and a small guyed mast, which was insulated to ground. Neither installation still exists. See also List of masts References External links Skyscraper page 45888 Skyscraper page 45889 Skyscraper page 45890 Skyscraper page 45891 Skyscraper page 45892 Skyscraper page 45893 Google Maps: MDR Info Transmitter Wachenbrunn Google Maps: VoR Transmitter Wachenbrunn Buildings and structures in Hildburghausen (district) Former radio masts and towers Radio masts and towers in Germany 1950s establishments in West Germany Towers completed in the 1950s 2013 disestablishments in Germany Buildings and structures demolished in 2013