Biebrich water tower
The Biebrich water tower is a brick building inaugurated on December 6, 1897 on Adolfshöhe in Wiesbaden-Biebrich .
The listed water tower served, in addition to increasing pressure and supplying water to the then independent town of Biebrich, as a lookout tower until 1914. The viewing platform at a height of 42 meters above the copper roof could be reached for a fee via the 235 steps of a steel staircase accompanied by a tower attendant. Well over 3000 visitors were counted in the year after the inauguration.
The tower's elevated tank has a capacity of around 200 m³ and a circular floor plan with a diameter of 11 m. In the area around the tower there was an underground water reservoir for a further storage of 1000 m³ of water. After the merger of the Wiesbaden and Biebrich water supplies, the tower was taken out of operation in 1923, while the underground water tanks remained in use for many decades.
After the tower became privately owned in 2003, parts of the underground water reservoir and a pump keeper's house were demolished. The further use of the water tower has been the subject of heated discussions ever since.
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Web links
- The Biebrich water tower in words and pictures
- Biebrich water tower. In: Structurae
- Wiesbaden info on the Biebrich water tower
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 21 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 41.3 ″ E