Sander Dickkopp
| Water tower Lohbrügge "Sander Dickkopp" |
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| Construction year: | 1907 |
| Draft: | P. Strecker |
| Tower height: | 31 m |
| Usable height: | 25 m |
| Container type: |
 Intze 1 with inner cylinder |
| Container volume: | 350 m³ |
| Original use: | Water supply from Lohbrügge |
| Shutdown: | 1972 |
| Todays use: | Restaurant and office space |
| Monument protection: | Cultural monument since 1996 |
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The Sander Dickkopp is a water tower in Hamburg-Lohbrügge at Richard-Linde-Weg 21f. Its Low German name is derived on the one hand from its shape (Dickkopp = Dickkopf) and on the other hand from its location in the Sander Tannen forest . From the viewing platform on the roof you can see as far as Hamburg and far into the Vier- und Marschlande on a clear day .
Building
The tower was built in 1907 in the historicist style. The architect P. Strecker based himself on the medieval brick Gothic , the crenellated crown should give the building the character of a castle tower.
The shaft, which is built with bricks and is circular in plan, tapers significantly towards the top. A flight of stairs leads to the entrance on the raised ground floor. The three floors above are separated from the ground floor by a profiled cornice with rectangular blind niches . Another, similar cornice is located below the tower head. The shaft has a circumferential row of windows on each floor. The superimposed windows on the first and second floors are optically connected to each other by wall niches and decorative elements. The windows on the third floor are smaller and simpler. The large windows on the lower three floors indicate that the structure was not only used as a water tower from the start. As early as 1908, an inn was set up on the ground floor, above which there were living rooms.
The cylindrical tower head protrudes far. It is defined by large, white-painted plaster surfaces, which are structured by brick pilaster strips and arched elements. A crenellated wreath closes off the tower at the top and also serves as a parapet for the viewing platform.
In the head is the riveted steel tank of the Intze 1 type. It holds 350 m³ of water and is broken through by an inner cylinder (see illustration on the right). A spiral staircase leads through the cylinder to the viewing platform.
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History of the Lohbrügges water supply
Until the end of the 19th century, the water in the area of today's Lohbrügge was mostly obtained from decentralized shaft wells (draw wells) that were only a few meters deep. At this shallow depth, the groundwater was often contaminated by agricultural faeces and domestic sewage, so that around 1900 a central supply was considered. In 1903, the community had test drillings carried out in the Sander Tannen. After the successful drilling of a rich deep well, the waterworks should be built. But there were delays because the site was not yet owned by the municipality. In addition, there were disputes with the construction company carrying out the work, which were only settled by arbitration in 1908. The waterworks initially had two 100 m deep wells from which the water was pumped unfiltered into the water tower built in 1907. This also made it possible to supply the higher parts of the city. Two more wells were added later.
After Lohbrügges was incorporated into Hamburg in 1937, the system was transferred to the Hamburg waterworks . This was followed by the installation of filter systems and electrically operated pumps.
After the Second World War, the trees on the Sander dunes, i.e. the Sander Tannen, were almost completely cut down by the British occupying forces, so that a kilometer-long and hundreds of meters wide dune in the triangle of today's Lohbrügger Kirchstrasse and Riehlstrasse in the south, the Lohbrügger Landstrasse in the east and the federal highway 5 was built. Right in the middle of Lohbruegger water tower Sander Dick Kopp, as a highly visible stand landmark . At the beginning of the 1950s, the area was reforested and the trees soon grew so tall that the water tower could no longer be seen; as a result, it also lost a little of its attractiveness as a lookout tower. In the meantime, however, the trees have been cut back.
In 1991 a new waterworks was built in Lohbrügge. It delivers 5.5 million liters of medium- hardness drinking water to the district every day from five wells located 68 to 125 meters deep . The wells are in the lower brown coal sands.
Conversion of the tower
The function of the water tower ended in 1972. Modern pumps to maintain a constant pressure had made it superfluous. The Hamburger Wasserwerke sold the building to the city of Hamburg, which leased it to different interested parties in the following years.
In 1985 the association "Initiative for the Preservation of Historic Buildings eV" and the "Culture Cooperative Water Tower" took on the tower, removed the greatest damage and carried out renovations, so that a restaurant could be set up again and exhibitions took place in the tower.
However, the work turned out to be insufficient. In 1994 a private person bought the tower for the symbolic price of DM 1 with the obligation to provide DM 1.1 million for the renovation. In the mid-1990s, wooden scaffolding was installed around the head to protect passers-by from falling parts of the wall. The tower head was renewed until 1998 including its steel construction. Renovation work was also carried out on the lower floors. The restaurant rooms have been renovated. The upper floors of the tower were converted into living space. In view of the still ailing condition of many areas, however, there are doubts in the public discussion as to whether the buyer has fulfilled his obligations. The restaurant in the tower has been closed since October 1, 2011. At the end of 2011, the water tower, which had been for sale since May 2009, changed hands again. The new tower owner also announced major renovation measures in the tower head and on the facade.
The restaurant of the same name in Sander Dickkopp has been reopened on April 1, 2014.
See also
literature
- Bergedorfer Zeitung , June 29, 2009 and May 27, 2009.
- Geerd Dahms, Andreas Fahl: 80 years Lohbrügger water tower. In: Lichtwark . No. 51, 1987, ISSN 1862-3549 , pp. 39-43.
- Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Bremen and Hamburg. Hanseatic water towers . Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2011, ISBN 978-3-86929-190-1 .
- Water for sands. 80 years of the water tower and water supply in Lohbrügge-Sande. Working group city archive of the initiative for the preservation of historical buildings in Bergedorf, Hamburg 1987.
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 58 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 31 ″ E