Langer Emil (Reutlingen)
| Tall Emil | |
|---|---|
| place | Reutlingen |
| Construction year | 1927 |
| demolition | 1985 |
| height | 101 m |
| Floor space | 40.2 m² |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 29 '46.8 " N , 9 ° 11' 27.4" E |
The Long Emil was in November 1927 as a replacement for five smaller fireplaces erbauter 101 meter high reinforced concrete - schlot the textile company Ulrich Gminder (UG) in Reutlingen - Betzingen .
history
The chimney on the UG company premises in Tübinger Strasse was named after the technical director of Ulrich Gminder (UG), Emil Gminder .
The chimney was built by the Kiel-based concrete construction company Ohle & Lovisa - who also built the chimney for the power station in Kiel-Wik in 1927 - using the US-American "System Heine" method and "symbolically embodied the business highlight in the history of the industrial company" . The inside of the cement building was lined with a 12 cm thick layer of brick and the company logo was placed at a height of around 40 m. After completion, the five old chimneys could be blown up. In the Third Reich, the company newspaper of the Gminder company was named after the chimney. Like other works, the chimney was given a camouflage coating during World War II, which was removed again in 1955. As part of the construction work, the chimney was inspected for cracks and damage and a ladder was installed. After Emil Gminder's death, the UG was completely taken over by Bosch in April 1964. In 1966, due to the transition from coal to oil firing, it was necessary to protect the six expansion joints against sulphurous acids and to achieve the smoke exit speed by narrowing the chimney mouth from 3 m to 1.2 m. A tubular steel frame with a cable winch was installed in the chimney to transport materials and people.
After Hans Lutz Merkle switched from the UG to the Robert Bosch GmbH on October 1, 1958, the factory premises in the UG were also taken over by the Bosch company in 1960, which also had its company name affixed to the Lange Emil. The Lange Emil was in use until 1984 when a new central heating system took over. In October 1985 it was chiseled off using an excavator with the support of a 120 m high crane, as it was no longer necessary due to the commissioning of new boilers. Its function was taken over by three 36-meter-high steel pipes. The demolition costs amounted to 500,000 Deutschmarks . The lower ten meters of the tower were preserved and two meeting rooms were set up in the remaining stump, the so-called “fireplace rooms” from the Bosch company.
Data
| Height above ground level | 101 m |
| Diameter at the foot | 7.15 m |
| clear width at the foot | 6.35 m |
| Diameter at the top | 3.64 m |
| clear width at the top | 3.34 m |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Matthias Reichert: Fireplace room in the long Emil. Memorial day on the trail of the textile company Gminder. Schwäbisches Tagblatt , September 12, 2011.
- ↑ a b Holger Lange: The 'Lange Emil' - the landmark is missing. In: in + direkt , company newspaper of IG Metall shop stewards and works councils of Robert Bosch GmbH and Automotive Lighting GmbH, Reutlingen, issue 51, autumn 2010, pp. 13-15. ( PDF )
- ↑ Handbook for reinforced concrete construction. Vol. 9: Containers, masts, chimneys, pipelines. Edited by F. Emperger , W. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1934 (4th revised edition), p. 419.
- ↑ Jörg Haspel: Ulm workers' housing in industrialization. Architectural-historical studies on housing reform in Württemberg. Stadtarchiv Ulm , 1991, pp. 218–220. ISBN 978-3-17-009253-2