Gliwice Radio Tower Museum

The Gliwice Radio Tower is a tall wooden radio mast in Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, notable for its lattice construction and historical associations. It is a distinctive engineering monument and local landmark.

The tower was erected in the interwar period as a radio transmission structure and later became associated with the staged Gleiwitz incident on 31 August 1939, which Nazi Germany used as a pretext for the invasion of Poland. The structure has survived as one of the region’s notable industrial-era monuments.

The tower stands within the city of Gliwice in southern Poland, in an urban-industrial setting northwest of Katowice and accessible from the Silesian metropolitan area.

• Height and construction: The wooden lattice tower is approximately 111 metres tall and is one of the best-known wooden radio masts in Europe.
• Historical significance: The site is historically linked to the Gleiwitz incident of 1939, a Nazi-orchestrated provocation used as a pretext for the invasion of Poland.

Gliwice lies about 25 km west of Katowice. By car take the A4/E40 and local roads toward Gliwice. Regional trains and buses connect Katowice with Gliwice; from the station take local taxi or a short bus ride towards the radio mast area.

• Stand on the eastern viewing platform at dusk - the silhouette of the wooden latticework reads like an engineering skeleton against the sky.
• Pair the visit with the nearby Silesian Museum in Katowice to trace the region's 20th-century political history.
• Take local guidance: access to parts of the site can be restricted, and some areas are dangerous because of old electrical equipment.