New water tower (Harzgerode)
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The New Water Tower is a listed water tower in the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz region .
location
It is located to the west above the old town of Harzgerode on the Ehrenberg on Ehrenbergstraße in corridor 5, parcels 124/1, 124/2.
Architecture and history
A first water tower was built near the current location in 1906. It served to modernize the Harzgerode water supply and was built in connection with a waterworks . In 1898, many wells in Augustenstrasse, Brunnenstrasse and Weidenstrasse had to be closed because typhus had been found.
With the construction of a new plant for the Mitteldeutsche Leichtmetallwerke in Friederikenstrasse, a new elevated tank, today's New Water Tower, became necessary. In 1939 a construction company from Quedlinburg was commissioned. Construction work began in 1940. In addition to construction workers from Italy , prisoners of war were also used. The windows were built by the Harzgeroder master glass and carpenter Paul Trost. After four months, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 10, 1940 . Food and drinks for the celebration were delivered by the White Horse . In May 1941, the final bill was made for a total of 84,122.25 Reichsmarks , the financing was made with the participation of the Reich Ministry of Labor and the State of Anhalt . The final completion took place in 1942 with the delivery of the entrance door made of oak wood by the Aschersleben joinery Bertram. The war-related delivery bottlenecks resulted in construction delays. The original concept envisaged the later construction of a hall of honor and the use as a lookout tower, but was ultimately not implemented.
The monumental-looking tower is reminiscent of a donjon , the facade is designed as broken stone . The capacity was 500 m³. The tower was filled by the natural pressure of the source area, so that mechanical support during filling was not required.
In the local register of monuments , the water tower is listed as a monument under registration number 094 84547 .
literature
- Friedhelm Linemann, Andreas Friebe, Harzgeode and the Selketal , Letterado Verlag Quedlinburg 2006, ISBN 3-938579-22-6 , page 52 ff.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , page 145.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 1838
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 28.7 ″ N , 11 ° 8 ′ 13 ″ E