Hasenberg Tower

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Postcard of the Hasenberg tower around 1890

The Hasenberg Tower was an observation tower on the Stuttgart Hasenberg between 1879 and 1943 . The tower was 36 meters high, was made of red sandstone from the Gerlinger quarry , had a diameter of 5.70 meters and could be climbed using 184 steps. It was a popular destination and symbol of Stuttgart. The view extended to the Swabian Alb , the Black Forest , the Odenwald and the Swabian Forest .

history

In 1870, the Stuttgart Beautification Association decided to build Stuttgart's first observation tower on the Hasenberg. In 1878 the association agreed on a design by August Beyer . The foundation stone was laid on March 6, 1879, King Karl's 56th birthday . The inauguration of the tower took place on August 15, 1879. The beautification association had to spend 25,800 marks for the construction.

On March 24, 1943, the tower was blown up by the SS because it could have been used as a guide for approaching bombers. Only a tower stump remained. In the 1950s, the association tried in vain for compensation to rebuild the tower. Efforts to rebuild have been discontinued because the filling of the Birkenkopf from the rubble of the Second World War has resulted in a better vantage point.

In 1973 the Hasenberg facility was redesigned. Next to the stump of the tower is a memorial to the poet Wilhelm Hauff from 1882 and large sculptures by Otto Herbert Hajek in this green area.

  • Stump of the Hasenberg tower.

  • Hasenberg tower, before 1886.

literature

  • Manfred Schempp: A brief history of the Stuttgart observation towers. In: Petra Kiedaisch (editor): Towers are dreams. The Killesberg Tower by Jörg Schlaich. With an essay by Christoph Hackelsberger . av-Edition, Ludwigsburg 2001, ISBN 3-929638-51-7 , pp. 18-25, Hasenbergturm pp. 19-20.
  • Harald Schukraft : Stuttgart street history (s). 4th edition. Silberburg-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-925344-05-5 , pp. 146-147.
  • Heinrich Fischbach: Report on the development and activities of the beautification club of the city of Stuttgart in the first 25 years of its existence: 1861 - 1886. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1886, page 25-27.
  • Our Hasenberg tower. A twofold enjoyable chapter. In: Hermann Götz: The Beautification Association of the City of Stuttgart 1861 - 1936: a review of 75 years of work for the common good. Stuttgart: Scheufele, 1937, pp. 70-74.
  • Our Hasenberg tower. In: Hermann Götz: The Beautification Association of the City of Stuttgart 1861 - 1961: a look back at 100 years of work for the common good. Stuttgart: Beautification Association Stuttgart, 1961, page 36.
  • Jürgen Hagel: Stuttgart 125 years ago: with a look back at 25 years of association work by the City of Stuttgart's Beautification Association 1961 - 1986; Anniversary publication of the Beautification Association of the City of Stuttgart eV on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. Stuttgart: Scheufele, 1986, page 48.
  • Bernd Langner and Wolfgang Kress: Views in all directions. 150 years of the Schönerungsverein Stuttgart e. V. 1861-2011. With thoughts on the future work of Erhard Bruckmann. Stuttgart: Schönerungsverein Stuttgart, 2011, pages 49–52, 97–99, 111–112.

Web links

Commons : Hasenbergturm Stuttgart  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hasenbergturm Stuttgart, watercolor by Pieter Francis Peters based on a design by the architect August Beyer , 1878. Donors who paid at least 3 marks into the tower fund received a print of the watercolor as a gift.

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 51.59 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 42.08"  E