Stuttgart-Gaisburg gasworks
| Gaisburg gas boiler | |
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| Gaisburg gas boiler | |
| Location data | |
| State : | Germany |
| Region : | Baden-Württemberg |
| City : | Stuttgart |
| Construction data | |
| Construction: | 1949 |
| Shutdown: | 2020 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Type: | Disk gas container |
| Height : | 102.5 m |
| Usable volume : | 300,000 m³ |
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as a technique monument under monument protection standing |
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The Stuttgart-Gaisburg gas works is located in the Gaisburg district of Stuttgart on Bundesstraße 10 . It is a system of the EnBW subsidiary Netze BW GmbH (formerly Technical Works of the City of Stuttgart and Neckarwerke Stuttgart ).
history
The gas works was built in 1874/1875 and was used to generate city gas until 1972. The first large gas boiler was built in 1928–1929. In 1971, a liquefied natural gas storage facility was added, which serves the main gas supply to Stuttgart, and in 1978/1979 two liquid gas spherical tanks, which were demolished again in 2009.
The suburb of Stuttgart owed the so-called “Gaisburger Regen” to the gasworks. Every time the coke was extinguished , a cloud of steam was created, which fell over Gaisburg as precipitation in the mostly prevailing westerly wind.
Gas boiler
The landmark of the gas works is the gas boiler built by MAN in 1949 based on the functional principle of a disk gas container. It was built with the same dimensions as the original boiler from 1928/1929, which was completely destroyed in an air raid in February 1944 - despite a camouflage paint designed by Oskar Schlemmer . The boiler has a height of 102.5 meters, its diameter is 69 meters, and its capacity is 300,000 cubic meters. As a technical monument, it is a listed building . However, EnBW intends to take the gas boiler out of operation in the near future (as of October 2019) because it is no longer needed. What will happen to the building afterwards is still open. The gas boiler has been out of service since mid-2020.
Web links
- Ulrich Gohl: Gaswerk Gaisburg, published on April 19, 2018 in: Stadtarchiv Stuttgart, Stadtlexikon Stuttgart
- What the Stuttgart gas boiler is all about , SWR - Landesschau Baden-Württemberg from January 22, 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ R. Nübling: The Stuttgart gas tower. In: The construction newspaper. United with "Süddeutsche Bauzeitung" Munich , vol. 26, issue 51, December 21, 1929, pp. 527-528.
- ↑ Vacancies in Stuttgart - New users wanted Stuttgarter Nachrichten online, October 8, 2019
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 19 ″ N , 9 ° 13 ′ 11 ″ E