Brewery tower (Darmstadt)
| Brewery tower | |
|---|---|
 Brewery Tower (2016) |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| Architectural style | Wilhelminian style |
| Construction year | around 1903 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '46.2 " N , 8 ° 40' 9.8" E |
The brewery tower is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
The brewery tower was built around 1903 as a "brewing tower". The four-storey , tower-like industrial building was built in the style of the late Wilhelminian era .
Typical details are:
- elaborate, two-tone brick facade
- emphasized vertical structure with red pilaster strips
- the horizontal facade is framed by a differentiated cornice
- the building has a final parapet at the top
The brewery tower is the only surviving above-ground structure of the formerly important brewery industry on the north side of the Mathildenhöhe .
Monument protection
Today the brewery tower is used for residential purposes. For architectural, industrial and urban history reasons, the building is considered a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. ( Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg Verlag , Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 239.