TK Elevator Test Tower

Elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany

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TK Elevator Test Tower

TK Elevator Testturm

Former names| thyssenkrupp Test Tower (2016-2021)
Alternative names| Tower of Light
General information
Status| Completed
Type| Concrete tower
Town or city| Rottweil
Country| Germany
Coordinates| 48°10′45″N 8°37′31″E﻿ / ﻿48.179119°N 8.62518°E﻿ / 48.179119; 8.62518
Construction started| 2014
Completed| 2017
Owner| TK Elevator
Height
Architectural| 246 m (807 ft)
Observatory| 232 m (761 ft)
Website
Website

The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At 232 m (761 ft), the tower contains Germany's tallest observation deck.[1] Completed in 2017, it was then the tallest elevator test tower in the world,[2][3] as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber (next to a former mine shaft used by Kone).[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ "Test Tower Website". TK Elevator. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
2. ^ Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
3. ^ superseded by others List of elevator test towers.
4. ^ Dillon, Conor (26 June 2015). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
5. ^ "Aufzugstestturm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 12 May 2021.CTBUH+Skyscraper+Center&rft.atitle=Aufzugstestturm&rft_id=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/wd/16617&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:TK+Elevator+Test+Tower" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* Official website
* Rottweil Test Tower: New Horizons

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