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Station No. 6 of the Royal Prussian Optical Telegraph Line (Telegraph Hill Schenkenberg)

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Station No. 6 of the Royal Prussian Optical Telegraph Line (Telegraph Hill Schenkenberg)

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Station No. 6 of the Royal Prussian Optical Telegraph Line (Telegraph Hill Schenkenberg)

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    August 27, 2018

    A perfect place for a break and at the same time you learn something new.
    For example, what the optical telegraph line was all about, why and when it was introduced.

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      August 2, 2020

      The Royal Prussian Telegraph Line was built in 1833 between Berlin and Koblenz and was in operation until 1849, between Cologne and Koblenz until 1952.

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        The Prussian optical telegraph was the longest telegraph line in Europe. The facility is known as the beginning of telecommunications in Germany. The stations were on average about 9.6 km apart, with the maximum distance being 16.0 km and the minimum being 2.1 km.

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          Location: Groß Kreutz (Havel), Potsdam-Mittelmark, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany

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