Bismarck Tower (Tübingen)
The Bismarck Tower is a 16 meter high Bismarck Tower in Tübingen , completed in 1907 , which was built by the Tübingen government master builder Franz Bärtle according to the "Götterdämmerung" design by Wilhelm Kreis . The 16 m high Bismarck tower was built from tuff stone (from Gönningen and Seeburg) and coarse-grained sandstone. It stands on the Schlossberg, 1.3 km west of Hohentübingen Castle, at the end of the Lichtenberger Weg. The Bismarck Tower is considered the landmark of Tübingen's western city .
history
The building was made with donations from the Tübingen student body. This raised the considerable construction costs, however, only after several unsuccessful attempts, as these had risen from a cost estimate of 8,000 marks when the construction was decided within eight years to 20,000 marks (corresponds to around 120,000 euros adjusted for inflation ).
The tower was inaugurated on December 7, 1907 by a torchlight procession and a Kommers of the Tübingen student body and with speeches by the university director Ernst Koken and the mayor Hermann Haußer .
In 1969 the staircase to its viewing platform, which consists of 63 steps, was renewed, but the tower remained closed until September 1971. The tower was later closed as a result of vandalism and several fires and fell into disrepair until 1999. After a couple from Tübingen took over the costs of the renovation in the amount of 64,000 DM in 1999, the building was reopened in 2000.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Bismarck Tower Portal: Bismarck Tower Tübingen. 2016, accessed December 30, 2018 .
- ^ Martin Biastoch: Tübingen students in the empire. A socio-historical investigation (= Contubernium. Vol. 44). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1996, ISBN 3-7995-3236-6 , pp. 217-218 , (at the same time: Tübingen, Universität, Dissertation, 1993/1994).
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '49.3 " N , 9 ° 2' 3.4" E