TK Elevator Test Tower

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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] It was completed in 2017 and was the tallest elevator test tower in the world then,^[2][3] as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber after a former mine shaft used by Kone.^[4][5]