Haustenbeck Tower
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The Haustenbeck Tower is an observation tower built from 1940 to 1941 in the Haustenbeck desert on the Senne military training area . The tower has been a listed building since October 29, 1992.
history
As early as 1901, an observation tower was built near Haustenbeck by the commandant's office . The stone round tower named Hausten Tower was only 13 meters high. In the 1930s it was no longer needed and in 1935 it was blown up by a pioneer group .
In the years 1937 to 39, the Haustenbeck settlement was cleared to expand the military training area and new shooting ranges were created. A tower should be built in the area to observe the target practice and to identify forest and heather fires in good time. In the original plan it should have the shape of a water tower. But building officer Ostermann from the Heeresbauamt Paderborn and forester Keimer protested against the plans because they feared that the alpine landscape would be spoiled. They were heard by Major General Groschupf, he accepted Ostermann's suggestion that the tower should be modeled on the church tower of St. Kilian in Brenken . The construction work in 1940/41 was carried out by the Jakobs company from Elsen, and French prisoners of war were also used. The roof with its slate covering was built by the Peters company from Bad Lippspringe. The tower was inaugurated in June 1941. After the end of the war it was taken over by the British Army in May 1945 and manned by a fire station . The sirens in the windows on the top floor date from the 1970s and signal the troops in the Senne to immediately stop target practice in the event of an aircraft overflight.
architecture
The tower foundation is made of reinforced concrete . The 1.15 meter thick walls are made of brickwork and clad with rubble stone on the outside, with decorative sandstones from Velmerstot at the corners and around the windows . Inside the tower has nine concrete false ceilings. Its external dimensions are 8 × 8 meters, the total height 41.5 meters, of which 9.5 meters are on the roof. In the 1980s, there was still a copper wind vane on the roof showing a red deer.
literature
- Walter Göbel: History of the Haustenbeck tower in the Senne . In: Haustenbeck. 1659-1939-1989 . Schlangen 1989, p. 44-50 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 25.3 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 49.5 ″ E