Bismarck pavilion (Bad Bergzabern)
| Bismarck pavilion | ||
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| place | Bad Bergzabern | |
| Client | Dr. Michel | |
| Construction year | 1895 | |
| demolition | Late 1950s | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 6 '6.7 " N , 7 ° 59' 18" E | |
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The tower-like Bismarck Pavilion of Bad Bergzabern was the oldest Bismarck tower within the current Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
Planning began in 1891, and construction was finally completed in 1895. The initiative came from Dr. Michel from Ludwigshafen am Rhein , who had made a donation to the Bergzabern embellishment association . Dr. Michel had wanted a "temple" to be built near the town. The beautification association then bought a piece of forest relatively soon; after that, however, the planning came to a standstill. It was not until May 1895 that it was decided that the tower should be built south of the fairground area on a hill northwest of Bergzabern.
The wooden structure was erected on a stone, octagonal substructure. The open pavilion was built around the wooden tower crowned by an octagonal pointed roof. The work was completed on June 14, 1895. When exactly the inauguration took place is no longer known.
From 1944 the fairground was owned by the city. Over the decades, the pavilion became increasingly dilapidated, so that it was demolished in the late 1950s; However, the remains of the stone substructure were preserved for decades.
In the immediate vicinity of the former location of the Bismarck Pavilion, a wooden observation tower was built in 1984 , which is often incorrectly referred to as the "Bismarck Tower". It is 30 meters high and the viewing platform can be reached via 154 steps.