Bismarck Tower (Hanau)
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The Bismarck Tower in Hanau was built in memory of the first Chancellor of the German Empire , Otto von Bismarck .
Geographical location
The Bismarck Tower stands on a narrow traffic island between the two lanes of the K 872 district road in the Hanau-Kesselstadt district , immediately west of the Wilhelmsbad state park .
building
The 18 meter high tower was built in 1905 by the Hanau construction business Jean Louis Wörner based on the “Götterdämmerung” type design by the architect Wilhelm Kreis , which was a few years older . B. in material and size - in Germany about 50 Bismarck towers were built. The main shaft, which is crowned by a massive cover plate, stands on a two-tier substructure with a four-pass plan . There is a three-tiered base on it, which carries a fire bowl, in which a fire could be lit on commemorative days. The facade of the Hanauer Tower consists of embossed basalt blocks. The upper part of the main shaft bears an imperial eagle with a snake and the lettering BISMARCK on its east side .
The tower is now a monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act .
literature
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.), Carolin Krumm (Ed.): City of Hanau. (= Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2054-9 , p. 492.
Web links
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Hrsg.): Bismarck Tower In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
- Bismarck Tower Hanau-Wilhemsbad on bismarcktuerme.de
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 57.5 ″ N , 8 ° 52 ′ 46.3 ″ E