List of water towers in Mannheim

The list of water towers in Mannheim records the still existing 19 water towers in Mannheim , supplemented by a partial list no longer existing towers. The Friedrichsplatz water tower is one of the city's landmarks. Most of Mannheim's water towers are listed as evidence of industrial culture.

Water towers (available)

Surname	image	Construction year	height	Coordinates	Remarks
Friedrichsplatz water tower		1888	about 60 meters	49.48404 °  N , 8.47549 °  O	One of the landmarks of Mannheim. Capacity: 2000 cubic meters, restored after war damage from 1962, shut down in 2000.
Forest water tower, Waldhof pulp factory		1889		49.53399 °  N , 8.46746 °  O	Capacity: 735 cubic meters. The tower is the last of several water towers in the cellulose factory and takes its name from the company's own waterworks in the Käfertal forest , in contrast to the former Rhine water tower, which was fed with water from the Rhine.
Heinrich Lanz water tower, Lindenhof		1899	38.20 meters	49.47242 °  N , 8.4734 °  O	Capacity: 216 cubic meters, restored after war damage in 1947.
Water tower of the Sunlicht soap factory, Rheinau		approx. 1904/10	30.20 meters	49.44058 °  N , 8.51163 °  O	Capacity: 67.5 cubic meters, was part of the boiler house demolished in 1993 and has been isolated since then.
Water tower of the sewage treatment plant, Friesenheimer Insel		1904		49.51836 °  N , 8.45947 °  O	Instead of the current steel structure, the tower originally had a water tank clad with a wooden structure with a pointed roof.
Water tower of the Rheinische rubber and celluloid factory, Neckarau		1905	43 meters	49.45536 °  N , 8.49699 °  O	Capacity: 200 cubic meters. The tower was once surrounded by factory and administrative buildings and has been isolated since they were demolished.
Feudenheim water tower		1905/06	44.10 meters	49.49034 °  N , 8.52906 °  O	Capacity: 350 cubic meters, converted to residential purposes since 1976.
Wallstadt water tower		1905	40.43 meters	49.49907 °  N , 8.54426 °  O	Capacity: 190 cubic meters, used for residential purposes since the early 1980s.
Strasseheim water tower		1905		49.51253 °  N , 8.57621 °  O	Was already taken out of service with the incorporation of Straßenheim in 1930.
Water tower of the Rheinische rubber and celluloid factory, Rheinau		around 1905/06		49.42513 °  N , 8.52555 °  O	Originally had a steep pyramid roof that was later replaced with a flatter roof. The container construction inside, made of two square reinforced concrete containers, each with a capacity of 100 cubic meters, is exceptional.
Railway water tower, Neckarau marshalling yard		1906		49.46213 °  N , 8.50538 °  O	For the supply of locomotives and the wagon disinfection system. Has not been used since the last steam locomotive was withdrawn from Mannheim in 1972.
Water tower of the Palatinate Mill Works, Friesenheimer Insel		1906		49.50945 °  N , 8.45567 °  O	Capacity: 30 cubic meters. The tower is integrated into the front of the factory building and only feeds the sprinkler system of the mill.
Water tower of the paper mill Papyrus, Waldhof		1908		49.53505 °  N , 8.45921 °  O	Capacity: 123 cubic meters.
Luzenberg water tower		1906/09		49.51663 °  N , 8.47435 °  O	Capacity: 2000 cubic meters. In 1909, the tower took over the pressure maintenance in the pipeline network instead of the water tower on Friedrichsplatz; it was shut down in 1976.
Water tower of the chemical factory Lindenhof C. Weyl & Co., Waldhof		1910	40.68 meters	49.52743 °  N , 8.47455 °  O	Capacity: 300 cubic meters, the water is required for chemical processes and as extinguishing water.
Seckenheim water tower		1911	37.70 meters	49.46291 °  N , 8.55513 °  O	Capacity: 350 cubic meters. Has been shut down since 1956 and has since been converted into a museum about the company and elevator history of the Lochbühler family.
Water tower of the Spiegelmanufaktur, Waldhof		1911		49.52129 °  N , 8.47252 °  O	Replaced two older water towers and originally had a capacity of 300 cubic meters before the tower head was renewed in its current form in 1960 with a 580 cubic meter container. The water is used to cool the rollers for the production of flat glass and is then returned to the storage tank, on which there are two coolers for heat dissipation.
Water tower from Bopp & Reuther, Waldhof		around 1920		49.52837 °  N , 8.48517 °  O	Capacity: approx. 50 cubic meters. The tower, which was in operation until 1990, did not store any extinguishing or service water, but was used to regulate the pressure when testing and calibrating small water meters.
John Deere Works Water Tower, Lindenhof		1965/66	about 50 meters	49.46973 °  N , 8.47518 °  O	Fully welded steel water tower, is used for the pump-free operation of the sprinkler system of the John Deere works.

Water towers (demolished)

Surname	Construction year	demolition	height	Coordinates	Remarks
Rhine water tower Waldhof pulp factory	1887	1988	21 m (water level)	49.5339 °  N , 8.46719 °  O	Capacity: approx. 550 cubic meters.
Rheinau water tower	1898	1976		49.43504 °  N , 8.52302 °  O	The water tower with a capacity of 1000 cubic meters was located near the confluence of Stengelhofstrasse and Karlsruher Strasse.
Benz & Cie. Water tower, Neckarstadt	1911	2009	26.80 m (water level)	49.50121 °  N , 8.47278 °  O	Ball container on trestle, capacity: 100 cubic meters. The water tower was demolished in April 2009 despite being a listed building.

See also

• List of water towers in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ Barbara Ritter: Motoren Werke Mannheim GmbH (MWM) and Carl Benz. Rhein-Neckar-Industriekultur eV, accessed on March 16, 2014 . 

literature

• Albert Gieseler, Monika Ryll: Water towers in Mannheim. An art and technology history guide. With four suggestions for bike tours to the Mannheim water towers (= small publications of the Mannheim City Archives. No. 9). v. Brandt, Mannheim 1997, ISBN 3-926260-36-X .

Web links

• The water towers of Mannheim by Mannheim photographer Andreas Neumann

Commons : Water towers in Mannheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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