Eugen Richter Tower

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Eugen Richter Tower in Hagen

The Eugen Richter Tower is an observation tower in the Westphalian city of Hagen , above the Wehringhausen district .

It commemorates the important liberal politician Eugen Richter , who represented the constituency of Hagen- Schwelm in the Reichstag between 1874 and 1906 and in the Prussian House of Representatives from 1869 to 1906 . The location on a higher ridge opposite the Bismarck Tower in Hagen underscores the appreciation of the liberal politician as an influential opponent of the conservative Chancellor Otto von Bismarck .

The Eugen Richter Tower is made of quarry stone ; The octagonal main structure rises above the rectangular base, which is flanked by two stair towers with a square cross-section. In the hall of honor in the basement there were originally busts of Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Adolph Diesterweg , Bernhard Christoph Ludwig Natorp and Friedrich Harkort .

The tower was built in 1911, stands at a height of 285  m and measures a total of 23 m. It is part of the 6 km long “Drei-Türme-Weg” in Hagen with the Eugen Richter Tower, Bismarck Tower and Kaiser Friedrich Tower . The ascent to the viewing platform on the octagonal tower is via a spiral staircase with 84 steps, which was built in later instead of an earlier staircase. In 1999 the tower was extensively renovated and has been accessible again since 2004. From above there is a good view of Hagen and the surrounding area. The tower association plans to install a coin operated telescope and to put up orientation boards .

The public observatory in Hagen is located in the immediate vicinity of the Eugen Richter Tower , and the tower can also be climbed during its opening times.

The tower is the site of amateur radio - radio propagation beacon DB0QQ.

literature

Eugen Richter Tower 1911
  • A memorial to Eugen Richter . In: Communications of the Progressive Party , year 1911, p. 133 f.
  • The consecration of the Eugen Richter tower . In: Communications of the Progressive Party , year 1911, pp. 213–215.
  • Eugen Richter Tower, Hagen . In: South German National Liberal Correspondence of June 16, 1911
  • The Eugen Richter Tower in Hagen iW A sheet of memory of October 22, 1911 . Publishing house of the German press, Berlin 1911.
  • The Eugen Richter tower in Hagen iW. A sheet of memory of October 22, 1911 . (Ed. by the Monument Committee) Verlag des Schwelmer Tageblatt, Schwelm 1911.
  • Dirk Bockermann: 80 years of the Eugen Richter Tower. Germany's first memorial for members of parliament is in Hagen . In: Heimatbuch Hagen and Mark , 32nd year 1991 (1990), pp. 175–180.
  • Andreas Zolper: The monument of German liberalism. The Eugen Richter Tower . In: Museums for town and local history and Hagen town archives, Beate Hobein, Dietmar Osses (eds.): “Until the most distant, distant time ...” Hagen and its monuments . Hagen 1996, ISBN 3-930217-21-X , pp. 95-100.
  • Manfred Möller: Defiant and firm. The Eugen Richter Tower. The opposite pole to the Bismarckian column was inaugurated a hundred years ago . in: HagenBuch , Volume 5 (2010), pp. 199–206.
  • Pascal Hirschberg: The Eugen Richter tower: memory of a liberal critic of colonialism . In: Fabian Fechner / Barbara Schneider (eds.): Colonial pasts of the city of Hagen , Hagen: FernUniversität 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063343-0 , pp. 26-28.

Web links

Commons : Eugen-Richter-Turm  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hagener Türme - the way to the top of the Eugen-Richter-Tower is arduous, but the ascent is worthwhile in the Westfalenpost of July 23, 2009, accessed on March 27, 2015

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 44.8 "  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 18.8"  E