List of tallest structures in the Czech Republic

This is a list of the tallest structures in the Czech Republic. The list contains all types of structures, may be incomplete and should be expanded.

RKS Liblice 2 masts
Transmitter Kojál mast
Buková hora TV Tower
Chimneys of Dětmarovice Power Station

Current
Name Pinnacle height Year Structure type Place Coordinates Remarks
RKS Liblice 2 355 m 1976 Guyed Mast Liblice 50°3′43.37″N 14°53′11.27″E ; 50°3′47.12″N 14°53′12.84″E 2 masts, tallest masts used for mediumwave transmission in the world
Vysílač Krašov, new mast 347.5 m 1981 Guyed Mast near Bezvěrov 49°59′44.02″N 13°04′45.66″E
Transmitter Kojál, new mast 339.5 m 1985 Guyed Mast near Krásensko 49°22′12.33″N 16°48′57.89″E
Transmitter Kojál, old mast 322.4 m 1959 Guyed Mast near Krásensko dismantled in 1985
Vysílač Krašov, old mast 312.5 m 1974 Guyed Mast near Bezvěrov completed in 1960 with height 305 m, enlarged in 1974, collapsed in January 1979
Chimney of Prunéřov Power Station 2 301 m[1] 1981 Chimney Prunéřov 50°25′3.92″N 13°15′32.89″E
Chimney of Chvaletice Power Station 305 m 1977 Chimney Chvaletice 50°1′38.91″N 15°27′11.9″E
Chimney of Tušimice Power Station 2 300 m 1974 Chimney Tušimice 50°22′56.19″N 13°20′24.42″E
Blaw-Knox Tower Liblice 280.4 m 1936 Guyed mast Liblice insulated against ground, demolished on October 17, 1972
Dětmarovice Power Station, Chimney Southeast 274 m[1] 1975 Chimney Dětmarovice 49°54′18.69″N 18°28′10.14″E
Dětmarovice Power Station, Chimney Northwest 273 m[1] 1975 Chimney Dětmarovice 49°54′21.01″N 18°28′5.33″E
Chimney of Mělník Power Station II 271 m[1] 1971 Chimney Horní Počaply 50°24′43.09″N 14°25′7.35″E
Longwave transmitter Topolná 257 m 1951 Guyed Mast Topolná 49°7′32.88″N 17°30′45.97″E ; 49°7′18.85″N 17°30′41.78″E 2 masts
Atmospheric station Křešín 250 m 2012 Guyed Mast Košetice 49°34′20.78″N 15°04′4.82″E
Buková hora TV Tower 223 m 1967 Concrete tower Verneřice 50°40′17″N 14°13′44″E
Litovel transmitter 220 m 1952 Guyed Mast Litovel 49°42′38″N 17°3′23″E 3 masts, demolished
Chimney of Liberty Ostrava 220 m 1972 Chimney Ostrava 49°47′40″N 18°18′48″E
Chimneys of Trmice Power Plant 220 m 1976 Chimney Trmice 50°38′41.09″N 13°59′12.29″E ; 50°38′39.48″N 13°59′20.48″E 2 chimneys
Chimney of Počerady Power Plant II 220 m 1977 Chimney Počerady 50°25′35″N 13°40′38″E
Chimney of Brno Maloměřice Heat Power Station 217 m 1982 Chimney Brno 49°13′23″N 16°38′48″E
Žižkov Television Tower 216 m 1992 Tower Prague 50°4′51″N 14°27′4″E
Chimney of Vřesová Power Station 206 m 1967 Chimney Vřesová 50°15′20″N 12°41′45″E
Chimney of Power Station of Škoda Auto works 200 m 1976 Chimney Mladá Boleslav 50°25′2″N 14°55′59″E
Chimney of Mělník Power Station III 200 m 1980 Chimney Horní Počaply 50°24′52″N 14°24′47″E
Chimney of Ledvice Power Station 200 m 1969 Chimney Ledvice 50°34′35″N 13°46′45″E
Chimneys of Počerady Power Station 200 m 1974 Chimney Počerady 50°25′40″N 13°40′36″E ; 50°25′36″N 13°40′43″E 2 chimneys
Large chimney of Neratovice Spolana Works 200 m 1976 Chimney Neratovice 50°16′25″N 14°31′26″E
Chimney of Prunéřov Power Station 1 200 m 1976 Chimney Prunéřov 50°24′42″N 13°15′9″E
Chimney of Tušimice Power Station 1 196 m 1963–1964 Chimney Tušimice demolished on November 27, 2005
Transmitter Cukrák 195 m 1961 tower Jíloviště 49°56′10″N 14°21′21″E

Timeline
Held record Name and location Completed Pinnacle height (m) Notes
FromTo
1976nowRKS Liblice 2, Liblice19763552 masts
1959 1976 Old mast of Transmitter Kojál, Krásensko 1959 312.5 dismantled in 1985
1936 1959 Blaw-Knox Tower Liblice, Liblice 1936 280.4 demolished in 1972
1931 1936 Old masts of Liblice transmitter,[2] Liblice 1931 150 2 masts, demolished in 2004[3]
1931 1931 Chimney of Kolín Power Plant,[4] Kolín 1931 120 height reduced to 117 metres
1920 1931 Chimney of Piette Papermill, Plzeň 1920 105[5] height reduced to 95 metres in 1950s[6]
1837 1920 Tower of Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, Plzeň 1837 102.3
1592 1837 Tower of Church of St. James, Brno 1592 92
1492 1783 Tower of Tovačov Castle, Tovačov 1492 96 destroyed in 1783, rebuilt in 1886
1460s 1492 Towers of Church of Our Lady before Týn 1460s 81

See also

References
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