List of railway water towers in Germany
This list is sortable. In the default setting, the water towers are sorted alphabetically by location. |
The list shows the railway water towers described in Wikipedia . It contains both disused water towers and those that are still in operation.
Literature and web links can be found in the main articles on the individual buildings.
place | image | designation | location | Construction year | height | Container volume |
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Berlin-Moabit |
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Signal box Berlin-Moabit VAT | ⊙ | 1892/93 | Combined construction of signal box and water tower, closed, monument |
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Bredstedt |
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Bredstedt railway water tower | - | 1928 | 24 m | 40 m³ | shut down, unused |
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Büchen railway water tower | - | 1912 | 14.5 m | 100 m³ | tore off |
Crailsheim |
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Crailsheim water tower | ⊙ | 1912 | 23.7 m | 600 m³ | Monument, today used by restaurants |
Darmstadt |
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Water tower at Darmstadt Central Station | ⊙ | 1910-1912 | Combined construction of water tower and signal box, closed in 1975, monument |
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Dortmund depot |
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Water tower of the Dortmund depot | - | circa 1935 | 37 m | 1000 m³ | monument |
Dortmund Südbahnhof |
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Water tower of the Dortmund Südbahnhof | - | 1927 | 43 m | 800 m³ | monument |
Duisburg- Friemersheim |
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Hohenbudberg water tower | ⊙ | 1915/16 | 35 m | 2 × 500 m³ | Double water tower shut down in 1965, monument |
Duisburg- Hochfeld |
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Hochfeld water tower | ⊙ | 1917 | 47 m | 1000 m³ | closed, monument, use for office space and restaurant |
Fürstenhagen (Eichsfeld) |
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Fürstenhagen railway water tower | - | 1914 | 19 m | 25 m³ | Information center, architectural monument |
Geesthacht |
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Geesthacht railway water tower | - | 1917 | 23.7 m | 30 m³ | shut down |
Hagenow |
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Water tower at Hagenow Land station | - | approx. 30 m | shut down, unused, monument | ||
Halle (Saale) |
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Water tower Halle (Saale) main station | - | 1910 | 17.5 m | 210 m³ | Advertising medium |
Hamburg , Altona district |
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Altona railway water tower | ⊙ | 1954/55 | 37 m | 500 m³ | In operation in 2003, monument |
Heidelberg , Bahnstadt |
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Water tower on the Czernyring | - | 1907 | Container based on the Intze principle , decommissioned, monument, used for events |
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Heidelberg , Bahnstadt |
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Water tower in Eppelheimer Strasse | ⊙ | 1925-1927 | 30 m | 333 m³ | shut down, monument, used for events |
Kirchenlaibach | Water tower in the Bw Kirchenlaibach | ||||||
Kirchseeon |
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Water tower in the Kirchseeon sleeper works | ⊙ | 1902-1903 | 27 m | Closed in 1958, unused, monument |
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Kornwestheim |
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Railway water tower of the Kornwestheim depot | ⊙ | 1914 | 30 m | 1100 m³ | Use by gastronomy |
Oldenburg |
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Railway water tower Oldenburg harbor | - | 1908 | 33 m | 500 m³ | Used as office space |
Osnabrück |
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Water tower at Osnabrück Central Station | ⊙ | 750 m³ | shut down | ||
Westerland / Sylt |
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Westerland water tower | - | 1927 | 21.8 m | 100 m³ | Used as an apartment, monument |
Wuppertal |
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Water tower at Wuppertal-Steinbeck train station | - | shut down, monument |
See also
- List of water towers in Iława (German Eylau) with railway water towers from 1871, 1915 and 1942
- Residential water tower
- List of water towers in Berlin
- List of water towers in Hamburg
- List of water towers in Mannheim
- List of water towers in Schleswig-Holstein
Web links
Commons : Railway water towers and tanks in Germany - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The water tower at Osnabrück train station should become a music meeting place , noz.de, June 8, 2011, accessed on September 26, 2017.