Bismarck Tower (Lützschena-Stahmeln)
| Bismarck Tower | |
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 The Bismarck tower Lützschena-Stahmeln |
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| Data | |
| place | Leipzig ( Lützschena-Stahmeln ) |
| architect | Hermann Kunze |
| Construction year | 1914 |
| construction time | April 1, 1914 (laying of the foundation stone) April 1, 1915 (inauguration) |
| building-costs | 63,000 M |
| height | 30.75 m |
| Floor space | 11.40 m × 11.40 m m² |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '25 " N , 12 ° 15' 59" E |
| particularities | |
| Observation tower , 124 steps (up to the upper platform ) | |
The Bismarck Tower Lützschena-Stahmeln is an observation tower on the border of Leipzig in the Lützschena district . With a height of 30.75 m, it is the highest vantage point in the north of Leipzig. It is one of about 240 Bismarck towers that were built after the resignation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck , i.e. after 1890. Around the turn of the century, he was revered as strong in the German territories that at this time a large number of Bismarck monuments were built and Bismarck towers.
architecture
The tower was made around entnommenem and concrete processed sand and gravel built. The visible surfaces were provided with a special concrete facing mass made of finely sifted Naunhofer sand and the interior ornaments, the outside staircase and the portal with an artificial shell limestone mixture.
The Bismarck Tower consists of three stacked shafts that taper towards the top :
- The lower shaft, which partially protrudes into the mountain, is square in shape (11.40 m × 11.40 m) and 10.20 m high (measured from the surface of the natural soil to the surface of the hill).
- The 12.45 m high central shaft is also of a square shape (side length 8.70 m), but with strongly rounded corners.
- The upper shaft tapers to 5.70 m outer side length with also strongly rounded corners and has a height of 8.10 m to the upper edge of the fire bowl, which has a diameter of 2 m.
In front of the tower entrance is a 5 m wide and about 30 m long forecourt, from which a 7.65 m wide flight of stairs with eight steps leads to the tower. To the left and right of the outside staircase, the forecourt is delimited by a parapet made of facing material between ten pedestals, which are crowned by ten concrete spheres with a diameter of 1 m.
history
On September 25, 1913, citizens of Leipzig founded the first Bismarck Tower Association EV Leipzig . He had set himself the task of building a tower in honor of Bismarck with the help of donations .
On April 1, 1914, the foundation stone for the Bismarck Tower was laid in a solemn ceremony on the property provided by Otto Erler. The topping-out ceremony on September 13 was correspondingly serious due to the serious times of the First World War . On April 1, 1915, the tower was finally inaugurated and handed over to the city of Leipzig for protection and maintenance .
At the end of the first year, over 32,000 visitors could be counted.
The first Bismarck Tower Association went out on March 20, 1939 after the liquidation was completed .
A bronze bust of Otto von Bismarck donated by Willmar Schwabe was on a marble plinth opposite the tower entrance. After the Second World War the bust was stolen. A newly created bust made of cast concrete by Leipzig artist Dietmar Lenz was erected on April 1, 2015 for Bismarck's 200th birthday. It is located in front of a frosted glass plate with the names of the 25 federal members of the German Empire initiated by Bismarck.
The Crimean Linden Avenue
100 Crimean linden trees ( Tilia × euchlora K. Koch ) serve as a direct line of sight in front of the tower . The striking Linden- Allee , planted in 1914/15, has been a natural monument under the special protection of the Leipzig nature conservation authority since 1973 because of its historical significance and its special landscape-typical beauty . In addition, the linden trees have special cultural and historical significance for the area, as the name Leipzig comes from Old Sorbian ("lipa": the lime tree, "lipz": Lindenort).
The Bismarck Tower Association Lützschena-Stahmeln e. V.
On January 10, 1997, 23 citizens founded the non-profit Bismarck Tower Association Lützschena-Stahmeln e. V. The association statute places the promotion of tradition maintenance, landscape maintenance, hiking pleasure and environmental protection in the foreground of the tasks. For this purpose, the following are planned: “Publication of an informative brochure and other popular scientific literature on the history of the tower and the adjacent hiking area; personal implementation of tower climbs for tour companies and hiking groups; Publication of informative and generally interesting articles in the media. "
The Bismarck Tower today
opening
The Bismarck Tower has been open to the public again since March 2, 1997. Association members organize the opening times on a voluntary basis .
Events
Since 1996 there has been a solstice celebration every year on June 24th ( St. John's Day). Leipzig bands play, a large fire is kindled in the open space in front of the tower and the fire bowl on the tower is kindled.
In 2000, the Bismarck Tower Association, together with SV Sternburg Lützschena-Stahmeln, organized the first cross-country run "Around the Bismarck Tower". Since then, this has taken place annually with a growing number of participants. Since 2005 it has been entered as a city ranking run in the running calendar of the city of Leipzig.
The Villa Musenkuss organizes an annual meeting at the singer tower with performances of various local choirs and in December an Advent concert since of 2005.
On the day of the open monument on the second Sunday in September, the art Kapella choir of the Schkeuditzer socio-cultural center Villa Musenkuss e. V. a concert in the tower. Since 2009 there has been a kite festival every year on the second weekend in September .
literature
- Sieglinde Seele , Günter Kloss: Bismarck Towers and Bismarck Columns. An inventory. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 1997, ISBN 3-932526-10-4 .
- Sieglinde Seele: Lexicon of the Bismarck Monuments. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-019-4 .
Web links
- Bismarck Tower Association Lützschena-Stahmeln e. V.
- The Bismarck Tower Lützschena-Stahmeln at www.bismarcktuerme.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dipl.-Ing. E. Haimovici: The Bismarck Tower near Leipzig. In: Concrete and Iron. Issue 11. Berlin, 1915.
- ↑ Andrea Richter: The iron chancellor is back. Bismarck Tower Association Lützschena finances modern busts from donations. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , April 7, 2015, p. 16
- ^ Statute of the Bismarck Tower Association Lützschena-Stahmeln e. V. Lützschena-Stahmeln, January 10, 1997.