Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe
| Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe ( Deisemannskopf ) | ||
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 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe (center). Seen from Leibuschstrasse. |
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| height | 282 m | |
| location | Wuppertal | |
| Mountains | Rhenish Slate Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 15 '49 " N , 7 ° 13' 36" E | |
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The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe , also called Deisemannskopf , is the summit of the Norrenberg in the Barmer Wald in the Wuppertal district of Heckinghausen . From the vantage point there you have a wide view of the eastern Wuppertal districts of Heckinghausen and Langerfeld .
history
In 1886, member Reinhard Thun from the Rittershauser Spatenclub suggested building a lookout tower on the Deisemannskopf . The plan was not implemented due to lack of funds. The Barmer Verschönerungsverein took up the idea again and, in search of a suitable location for a representative Barmer lookout tower, built a wooden makeshift tower there, but soon afterwards assessed the location as unfavorable (and too low) and concentrated on the construction of 1888 completed Toelleturm .
The forest area on the Deisemannskopf was acquired by the city of Barmen in 1890 and renamed Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe in memory of Kaiser Wilhelm I. In the same year, a wooden test tower was built again, which was completed on August 14th. The tower, on the top of which a flag was hoisted, collapsed again within a year, probably due to a weather event in winter.
Another tower was planned. One design envisaged a massive tower with farm buildings, another a castle-like building with restaurants and a tower. Due to a lack of money, these plans were not implemented either, only a children's playground was set up.
When the Barmer town hall was inaugurated, there was no longer any use for the music temple in the Barmer grounds . In 1896, at the suggestion of the Ritterhauser Spatenklub, it was decided to relocate it to Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe. However, the newly erected building there was severely damaged by vandalism in the spring of 1897. The local press reported:
" Demolition louts have dodged badly on the Deisemannskopf. The temple of music set up there from the plant plateau is hardly recognizable. All the colored panes have been thrown in, the door is torn out and thrown to one side, the building is also demolished and soiled inside. A ladder lying there served for the convenience of these rough fellows, on which the vagabonds climbed the roof of the temple in order to do their work of destruction there too. It would certainly be in place for a police patrol to show up up there now and then. "
After the renovation in 1898, a beer and refreshment bar was opened. From the sale and lottery in April 1901 over 34,000 marks were redeemed, which the Barmer Beautification Association spent on building a new music temple on the Deisemannskopf. The music temple existed until the 1930s, in the end it fell into disrepair.
Since a refuge was deliberately destroyed several times, it was not rebuilt after 2003.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Heckinghausen district association: 100 years ago
- ↑ Barmer Verschönerungsverein ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From the commemorative publication of the Barmer Verschönerungsverein on the occasion of the 50th anniversary in 1914, accessed in January 2008
- ^ Barmer Zeitung of April 14, 1897
- ↑ Barmer City Hall
- ↑ Vandalism in the city forest - environmental department is looking for witnesses Press release of the city of Wuppertal from January 21, 2003
