Mannesmann Tower (Hannover)

The Mannesmann Tower in Hanover was a 120-meter-tall (394-foot) steel lattice tower with a triangular cross-section, erected in front of the exhibition grounds in late 1954. Originally built by the Mannesmann company, the structure was used for mobile telephony and for non-public mobile land radio services. After the 1956 Hannover Messe trade fair, the tower passed into the ownership of the fair and was moved in 1961 to its location in the turnaround loop of Stadtbahn line 8. At first the structure bore the company logo at its corners, and later the stylized head of Hermes, the emblem of the Hannover Messe. Because the steel lattice mast had become dilapidated and renovation seemed economically unjustifiable, it was demolished in June 2012 as part of the redesign of the north entrance to the exhibition grounds.