Well tunnel
| Well tunnel | |
|---|---|
 |
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| place | Trippstadt |
| country |
 Germany
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| use | Drinking water supply to the community |
| construction time | 1767 |
| architect | Sigmund Jacob Haeckher |
| Architectural style | Opposite driving |
| Technical specifications | |
| diameter | Main tunnel: 285.85 m |
| Building material | Sandstone |
| Coordinates | |
| location | Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 57 " N , 7 ° 46 ′ 37.5" E 49 ° 21 ′ 57 " N , 7 ° 46 ′ 37.5" E |
The well tunnel in the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Trippstadt is the preserved part of a system that collected the water from various springs outside of the village and channeled it underground through tunnels to Trippstadt Castle and into the residential area.
Geographical location
Trippstadt is located in the Palatinate in the north-western Palatinate Forest , where the red sandstone surface is formed by the Karlstal layers . Water appears in numerous places in stratified springs .
The system collected the water from various springs northeast of the residential development at Quellbachhübel and led it underground through accessible tunnels with a slight gradient to the local castle and the community. In the area of the upper beginning, the street names Am Quellbach and Am Wasserstollen indicate the underground structure.
history
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The almost 300 m long tunnel system was planned since 1716. When Franz Karl Freiherr von Hacke (1727-1780) local lord of Trippstadt was, she was under the supervision of the surveyor Sigmund Jacob Haeckher as in ancient times by Gegenortvortrieb built and completed 1767th The system consisted of a well chamber and originally three partial tunnels. Of the 285.85 m of the main tunnel, 197.87 m were driven through the natural rock; the secondary tunnels, called Sucker 1 and Sucker 2 , measured 29.8 and 46.25 m, respectively. The suction cup 2 was ventilated through two shafts with a cross section of 50 × 50 cm.
The tunnel system supplied the community with drinking water until 1965 . The main tunnel led to the castle fountain; the other two tunnels ended in the upper fountain and in the deer fountain , which were destroyed after 1965.
The tunnel to the castle fountain, which has been preserved to this day, is a registered cultural monument . Guided tours for groups can be booked between the beginning of May and the end of August at the municipality's tourist information office.
literature
- Helmut Celim: Trippstadt fountain tunnel or water tunnel? Trippstadt 2006. Book excerpt as PDF; 6.37 MB ( memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Trippstadter Brunnenstollen , at www.trippstadt.de
- At the water tunnel in Trippstadt , film by Bernd Schwab, SWR TV , Landesschau , 2017 (6:27 minutes)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Helmut Celim: Trippstadt fountain tunnel or water tunnel? 2006.
- ↑ a b c Trippstadter Brunnenstollen. Local community Trippstadt, accessed on September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Kaiserslautern. Mainz 2019, p. 31 (PDF; 5.4 MB; search for water pipe ).