Heusweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʏsvaɪlɐ] ; Palatine German: Heiswiller [ˈhaɪ̯svɪla]; older French: Hoysviller) is a municipality in the District of Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km north of Saarbrücken. As of 2019, it has 18,062 inhabitants. Heusweiler is the location of a high power medium wave transmitter, the transmitter Heusweiler. The transmitter masts were blown up in 2018
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The Heusweiler transmitter was a facility for medium wave broadcasting north of Heusweiler, Germany. It originally went into service on 23 December 1935. On 19 June 1946 transmitter Heusweiler went in service again.
It was used by Saarländischen Rundfunk and with 1200 kW the most powerful medium wave transmitter in the ARD syndicat. The transmitters were defunct in 2015.
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The Riegelsberg Transmitter is a transmitter for FM and TV at Riegelsberg, near Saarbrücken, Germany. The transmitter uses as aerial a 287-metre-high guyed mast.
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