Rolles water tower
The Rolleswasserturm was built in 1942 as bunker No. 23 on Rollesstrasse in the Hemshof district of Ludwigshafen .
use
During the air war , the air raid shelter provided protection for up to 1,600 people who were accommodated in 7.5 m² rooms with bunk beds. As the space requirement gradually increased, the hallways and stairwell were also used for accommodation.
In the post-war period, the bunker served as the “Turmhotel Bürgerbräu” until around 1970. 1953 the bunker was increased by the technical works Ludwigshafen . He received a drinking water tank with a capacity of around 2 million liters. In 1975 the tower was artistically designed by Friedrich-Ernst von Garnier . After the building was acquired by a private investor in 2001, it was renamed the oktagon-kulTurm . In the following year, the conversion into a cultural center began. The tower has been used as the kulTurm cultural center since 2008 . Special features include the octagonal basic shape and the double-spiral staircase. The water tank was shut down in 2009.
There is a café, a stage, recording studios and rehearsal rooms in the building. Concerts, exhibitions and installations take place in the rooms and in the garden. The tower is also used for activities on the day of the open monument , the cultural summer and the Long Night of the Museums , where the viewing platform above the water reservoir is also accessible.
Technical specifications
The bunker has a wall thickness of 2 m. Eight floors are distributed over a height of 25 m. The water tower structure has a height of 28 m, with which the entire structure reaches a height of 53 m. The tank capacity of the water tower is 2,300,000 l.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '26.9 " N , 8 ° 25' 59.6" E