Hackenberg water tank
The Hackenberg water tank is a tank in the Vienna water supply network . It is one of the few water tanks in the city that has to be supplied with spring water via a pumping station (Krottenbachstrasse printing plant). It is protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict .
The Hackenberg water tank with a capacity of around 11,600 cubic meters was built between October 19, 1908 and the end of October 1910 as part of the construction of the Second Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline at around 295 meters above sea level on the Hackenberg ( Hackenbergweg ).
In order to facilitate the delivery of the building materials, a double-track inclined elevator was built between the construction site on the Hackenberg and the Krottenbachstraße , which had to overcome a height difference of 61 meters at a speed of 0.5 meters per second. A locomobile with an output of 10 hp served as the drive . In addition, this locomobile powered a dynamo with 3 HP, which supplied the electricity for a pump to pump the water required for the construction up the mountain. For the transport of material within the construction pit, field railway tracks were also laid, the freight carts were either pulled by horses on the short stretches or, more often, moved with human muscle power.
The plans for the valve chamber, the externally visible part of what is probably the most beautiful water reservoir in the city, were drawn up by the architect Eduard Bodenseher senior of the Vienna City Building Office . The construction company Rella & Co under the direction of the architect Rudolf Nemetschke took over the planning and construction of the container part covered with earth, which was designed as a double-chamber container in rammed concrete construction with 14 × 8 yokes . The valve chamber building was built from partially embossed granite blocks as a neo-Romanesque - Secessionist building.
Behind a flat rectangular water basin, which is surrounded on three sides by a stone parapet, the access to the valve chamber is slightly elevated behind a three-arched arcade. The flat roof of the valve chamber is designed as a terrace and carries a four-sided belvedere with beveled corners and a flat stone dome in the center of the front edge . The openings are designed in the shape of a segment with a central post. The viewing terrace is closed with a side pergola resting on stone pillars.
The opening of the second Kaiser-Franz-Joseph spring water pipeline took place on October 2, 1910 in the Vienna City Hall in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I , but the drawn cover picture of the ' Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung ' shows on Saturday, December 3 , as the background of the historical event, among other things, the characteristic silhouette of the Hackenberg container.
In September and October 2002, the Hackenberg water container was the location for parts of an episode of the television series “ Kommissar Rex ” with Elke Winkens and Alexander Pschill .
Footnotes
- ↑ '' BASSENA information for employees of the Wiener Wasserwerke, May 2004 ''
- ↑ Eduard Bodenseher. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- ↑ Rudolf Nemetschke. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- ↑ '' BASSENA information for employees of the Wiener Wasserwerke, December 2002 ''
literature
- The City of Vienna's Second Kaiser Franz Josef Mountain Spring Line - A commemorative publication for December 2, 1910 , Gerlach & Wiedling, commission publisher of the municipality of Vienna
- The waterworks of the city of Vienna 1927 , print “Thalia” (Josef Schweinberger), 1930, Vienna
- Josef Donner: To refresh you, my beloved Vienna ... - History of the Viennese water supply from its beginnings to 1910 , Norka Verlag Dr. Norbert Kastelic, ISBN 3-85126-25-2
- DEHIO Vienna - X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District , Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna, 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 59 ″ N , 16 ° 18 ′ 48 ″ E