Kahlenberg Tower
| Kahlenberg Tower | |
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.jpg) Kahlenberg Tower from the south-east |
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| place | Schieder-Schwalenberg |
| builder | Ferdinand Wilhelm Brune |
| Construction year | 1841 |
| height | 22.55 m |
| Floor space | 27 m² |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 54 '41.1 " N , 9 ° 10' 15.2" E |
The Kahlenberg Tower is an approximately 23 meter high observation tower on the 326 meter high Kahlenberg near Schieder . The tower is registered under the number 107 in the list of architectural monuments in Schieder-Schwalenberg .
history
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Old bills show that there was a building on the Kahlenberg, probably a refuge, which was demolished in 1808.
At the suggestion of the office of Schieder, on November 6, 1840, Leopold II gave the order to erect a tower about 80 feet high on the Kahlenberg. It is assumed that in addition to demonstrably representative purposes, the aim here was also to create jobs for the local population. The Lippe master builder Ferdinand Wilhelm Brune was commissioned with the planning, and building preparations were made in the same year: access roads were leveled, the stones came from a stone cave in Feldrom , the sand from the external stones .
The actual tower construction began in April of the following year with excavation and masonry work, which was completed in December 1841. Finally, the space around the tower was prepared. A hut built at a later date at the foot of the tower is no longer preserved.
Over the decades, the tower has lost its function as a landmark that can be seen from afar due to the increasing vegetation of beech trees on the Kahlenberg.
architecture
The tower, made of rubble stones, is visually divided into three parts. The lower third forms a square, upwardly tapering base with a base area of 5.2 × 5.2 m. The entrance to the west is closed at the top by a Gothic pointed arch . The princely coat of arms is embedded above the entrance. The round tower body halfway through orbiting above the base rises dentil - frieze adorned. Twelve windows, also in Gothic style, form the end, on top of which is a flat conical roof made of sheet zinc. Occasional exposure openings in the facade help you climb the 101-step spiral staircase.
literature
- Anne Herden-Hubertus: "... an interesting point-de-vue that catches the eye from afar." The observation tower on the Kahlenberg near Schieder, Krs. Lippe. In: Preservation of monuments in Westphalia-Lippe. Magazine of the LWL monument preservation, landscape and building culture in Westphalia. Volume 11, issue 2/05, Münster 2005, pp. 58–60. ( online as PDF )
- Walter Schmidt: Schieder. The story of a Lippe village . Schieder 1964, p. 145-147 .
Web links
- Hans-Ulrich Rüngener: Kahlenberg Tower near Schieder. Retrieved October 9, 2012 .
- Kahlenberg Tower / Schieder-Schwalenberg. on Lipperland.de. Retrieved October 9, 2012 .
- The Kahlenberg Tower. (PDF) Retrieved October 9, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herd Hubertus, 2005