Ernst Binnewies Tower
The Ernst-Binnewies-Turm (vernacular: Tafelbergturm ) is an approx. 19 m high observation tower built and inaugurated in 1926 on the "Hohe Tafel", which is 395 m above sea level. NHN highest elevation of the Seven Mountains near Gronau (Leine) . The tower is a listed building.
history
Since 1877, a wooden tower on Table Mountain (High Table) has confessed of the forester Pape from Eberholzen had been built. Towards the end of the 19th century, this wooden tower gradually became dilapidated. Unfortunately, there is no record of when it became completely unusable. The location on the Hohe Tafel (popular: Table Mountain) was also called "the steep Brink", "the Platte" and "the watch on a leash". On the initiative of the then chairman of the Alfeld traffic and beautification association Ernst Binnewies, a native of Brüggen, a committee for a new tower was formed in 1925.
Funding was raised through grants from the Alfeld and Gronau districts as well as from collections. “The construction was supported by Baron Freiherr Burghard von Cramm with gravel from Oberg and his teams. The farmers from Brüggen and Rheden had taken over the transport of the rest of the building material, which rolled in from Hanover by train to Brüggen , to the edge of the forest. The Alfelder Zeitung and the Gronauer Leine-Deister-Zeitung also solicited notable donations from the hiking clubs in the province through word and writing. The teaching staff of the district also participated with collections. The tower building initiative received the support of all sections of the population, especially the members of the Brüggen Heritage Protection Association ” .
The foundation stone was laid and construction of the tower began on Ascension Day, May 13th 1926 and its inauguration on August 15th of the same year. The total cost was 16,500 marks.
From 1926 to 1937, there was a bar in the hut next to the tower during the summer. In the period from 1938 to 1945, the catering was given up, the refuge was destroyed, the doors, lightning rods and rain plates were dismantled. The tower was orphaned between 1946 and 1956.
From 1957 to 1970, various groups tried to get around the tower, and occasionally it was served on Ascension Day. In 1974 the tower was classified as a monument . In 1975 the municipalities of Brüggen, Rheden, Wallenstedt and Heinum had the tower renovated for 10,000 DM. In the course of the next few years (up to 1986) the tower visibly deteriorated.
Another renovation by the municipalities of Brüggen, Rheden and the city of Gronau took place in 1990 and cost 20,000 DM. On February 16, 1991 the Förderverein Hohe Tafel e. V. founded.
On May 20, 1993, the tower was handed over to the friends' association by the municipalities of Brüggen and Rheden. Benches and tables were set up, the weather shelter was built and painting was carried out.
On September 2, 2006, the eightieth anniversary of the tower on Table Mountain was celebrated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Lower Saxony Monument Atlas (No .: 34530475)
- ↑ Information board at the foot of the tower, as of September 12, 2014
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 7 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ E