Pützerturm
| Pützerturm | |
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 "Pützerturm" (2020) |
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| Data | |
| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Friedrich Pützer |
| Client | Merck KGaA |
| Construction year | 1905 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 '43.5 " N , 8 ° 39' 13.1" E |
The Pützerturm is a building in Darmstadt .
Architecture and history
The civil servants' apartment tower planned in 1905 according to plans by Friedrich Pützer is now a symbol of the Merck company . The tower clearly marks the main entrance to the factory premises.
In the 1900s the chemical and pharmaceutical factory moved from Mercksplatz in downtown Darmstadt to its current location . Pützer planned the tower , the administration , several laboratories and a workers' settlement for the Merck company. Of Pützer's buildings, only the six-story tower with its mighty mansard roof and the clock tower has largely been preserved in its original state . The striking structure consists of masonry with a steep, tiled mansard roof and a plastered facade . Today the building no longer serves as a residential tower.
Monument protection
For architectural and local historical reasons, the striking building is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 159.