Währinger water tower

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Währinger water tower (east side)

The Währinger water tower is a building in the style of pre- March functional architecture in the 18th district of Währing in Vienna . The water tower is located in Anton Baumann Park on the Vienna Belt on the so-called Ganslberg .

The tower was built from 1836–1841 according to the plans of the architect Paul Sprenger . It was part of the Kaiser-Ferdinand-Wasserleitung , which took filtered water from the Danube from the Spittelau area and thus fed elevated tanks in Währing , Neulerchenfeld and on the Schmelz . At the storage facility on the Ganslberg with a capacity of 141,250 liters, a tower was the only one to be built. In this there were four riser pipes to compensate for the hydraulic shocks of the pumps. Unlike the water tower Favoriten , it was not used to increase pressure. Allegedly, in addition to its intended purpose as a water reservoir on its top platform, the tower also served as an observation tower with a distant view of the city.

The system was soon overloaded. In 1873 the pipeline was shut down and replaced by the I. Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline . Due to supply bottlenecks, however, the line was reactivated at short notice in the winters of 1876/77 and 1877/78. Deprived of its original function, the tower deteriorated more and more. In 1935 the dilapidated tower was imminent. However, popular protests led to a restoration. In 2007 the tower was again in a very poor condition, but a general renovation failed due to the finances of the 18th district, which is responsible for the tower.

Web links

Commons : Währinger Wasserturm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The water supply of the city of Vienna in its past and present - memorandum for the opening of the high-spring water pipeline in 1873 , based on official data edited by Rudolf Stadler, Vienna 1873, self-published by the Vienna City Council.
  2. ^ The Emperor Ferdinand's aqueduct in Vienna , compiled by Ing.Alois Schneider, Building Inspector of the Vienna City Building Office, Vienna 1912.
  3. ↑ a b Anna Maltschnig: The water tower in Anton-Baumann-Park , article from August 24, 2015 on Stadtbekannt.at.
  4. ↑ bz Vienna district newspaper. District edition Währing, p. 2, edition 02/07

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 15 "  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 33"  E