Bismarck Tower (Kallstadt)
| Bismarck Tower | |
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 Bismarck tower on the Peterskopf |
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| Data | |
| place | Kallstadt |
| architect | Friedrich Art |
| Client | Drachenfels Club |
| Architectural style | Boss square tower with pyramid roof |
| Construction year | 1902-1903 |
| Floor space | 16.7 x 14 = 234 m² |
The Bismarck Tower is a 36 m high observation tower at 493.5 m above sea level. NHN high Peterskopf in the Haardt mountain range on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It stands on an exclave of the local community of Kallstadt and is also known as the Bismarck Tower Bad Dürkheim because of its proximity to the district town of Bad Dürkheim .
architecture
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The tower was with red sandstone - ashlar disguised that were broken in the vicinity of the site. It has a footprint of 16.7 mx 14 m and is divided vertically into four parts.
The substructure can be climbed via 14 steps on the west side of the tower , from which stairs lead to the left and right to the 9.4 m high lower viewing platform . However, the lattice doors in front of these external stairs are locked. The access that can be used today is during the opening times from the east side through a lattice door, an inner corridor along the south side of the tower, a second lattice door and via an eleven-step concrete staircase to the substructure .
On the east side of the tower, on the lower viewing platform, there is the access door to the staircase running through the tower, which after 20 steps leads to the exit to the second viewing platform at a height of 13 m. The inner staircase leads over another 72 stone steps to a platform and from there over a metal spiral staircase with 14 steps to the third viewing platform at a height of 30 m .
From the top platform in particular, it is possible to have a broad view of the Upper Rhine Plain, which is sometimes more than 400 m lower .
history
The monument dedicated to Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was planned by the Drachenfels Club from 1896 and, following an architectural competition in 1901, was erected from February 1902 to mid-1903 based on a design by the Karlsruhe architect Friedrich Kunst . The inauguration was celebrated on July 5, 1903.
On May 27, 1925, the concrete floor of the second viewing platform collapsed while a school class from Frankenthal was about to climb the tower. Several children were injured and one was killed. In 1928 the relief, which had been destroyed by French occupation troops after the First World War, was renewed . During the Second World War , two bombs hit the tower and caused severe damage.
The first renovation by the Drachenfels Club took place in 1949. In 1973/1974 further renovation measures were carried out; accommodation for the tower keeper was also built. The tower was placed under monument protection in 1986 as "shaping the landscape" .
Mountain running
Every year in October, the Peterskopf with the Bismarck Tower is the destination of the Bad Dürkheimer Berglauf , which is the longest and steepest component of the Palatinate Mountain Run series with a length of 8,700 m and an accumulated gradient of 510 m .
Web links
- Bismarck Tower Bad Dürkheim on bismarcktuerme.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ a b c d Highest Bismarck Tower in Rhineland-Palatinate: The Bismarck Tower in Kallstadt near Bad Dürkheim. bismarcktuerme.de, accessed on May 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Chronicle from 1873. (No longer available online.) Drachenfels-Club, archived from the original on December 28, 2015 ; accessed on December 28, 2015 .
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 66 f. (PDF; 5.1 MB).
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '44.8 " N , 8 ° 7' 46.2" E