Water Art Foundation, Elbinsel Kaltehofe
| Water Art Foundation, Elbinsel Kaltehofe | |
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| Legal form: | Foundation under civil law |
| Purpose: | Promotion of nature conservation, landscape management, environmental protection as well as the promotion of art and culture and a strengthening of general awareness of the importance of water supply. |
| Chair: | Nathalie Leroy (Chair), Renate Taugs (Deputy Chair) and Ingo Hannemann |
| Managing directors: | Astrid Burkhardt |
| Consist: | since 2011 |
| Founder: | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Hamburg Water |
| Seat: | Hamburg |
| Website: | www.wasserkunst-hamburg.de |
The Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe Foundation is a foundation committed to preserving the former waterworks on the Elbe island Kaltehofe in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort . Its program also includes the promotion of nature conservation , landscape management , environmental protection and the promotion of art and culture. Part of the foundation are a filtration system from the end of the 19th century as an industrial monument and a nature park with a nature trail . The project was implemented by the Hamburg architects Studio Andreas Heller Architects & Designers .
museum
The museum documented the history of the Kaltehofe waterworks and the water control. The first part of the exhibition, which was located on the upper floor of the historic Villa Kaltehofe of the former hygienic institute in the former living quarters of the doctors and servants, dealt with the development of Hamburg's first centralized water supply . The museum was closed on February 11, 2019. There are now conference rooms in the former museum premises.
The restored villa is complemented by a modern new building, a water-washed cube that is connected to the villa by an underground passage. The exhibition room is modeled on the workshop of a sculptor and shows selected Hamburg fountains and water features using acrystal models specially made for the exhibition . Accompanying texts provide information about their genesis and architecture . The cube has been closed to the public since February 11, 2019 and is only rented out for events.
Exhibition on the upper floor
Passage to the new building
Exhibition in the new building
Outdoor area
After the final shutdown of the facility in 1990, the site was not open to the public for around 20 years, so that the flora and fauna could develop without human interference. Before the area was opened in 2009, the species population was mapped . Of the 281 identified plant species, 47 are particularly endangered species that are included in national red lists . To breeding seasons 44 different living species on the Elbe island . In addition, the former filtration basins serve as a resting place for many migratory birds . In addition to birds and plants, Kaltehofe has seven different species of bats that have settled in a former bunker . With the establishment of the Wasserkunst Kaltehofe Museum, a quarter of the 44 hectare site was made accessible to the public, three quarters are fenced off and are to be preserved as the exclusive habitat for animals and plants. The accessible outdoor area is made accessible via a nature trail that provides information about the flora and fauna and environmental influences . Furthermore, two restored valve houses of the filtration systems can be viewed.
History of origin
Waterworks
The Elbe island Kaltehofe was created by straightening the Norderelbe between 1875 and 1879. Originally the island was supposed to be used for agriculture. But after the great fire of 1842 and the destruction of the previously used Alsterwasserkunst , the construction of a new water supply, now with Elbe water , became necessary and the island was used for this purpose. Contrary to the advice of the commissioned English architect and engineer William Lindley , the Hamburg citizenship decided against a filtration system and only for the construction of four storage basins in which the suspended solids of the Elbe water should settle. The increasing pollution of the drinking water led to the decision to build a filtration system in 1890. Filtration systems of that time were able to kill from 1000 germs per cubic centimeter 997 to 999. In the very warm summer of 1892, however, this facility was not yet completed, and a cholera epidemic broke out in Hamburg , in the course of which 16,956 people fell ill and between 8,500 and 10,000 people died. Due to the massive deployment of soldiers, the construction of the filtration plant was completed on May 1, 1893. From 1964 Elbe water was not processed and only groundwater was filtered in Kaltehofe. Due to the negative industrial influences and the complex operation, the plant was finally shut down in 1990.
Agenda 21
All plans for the continued use of the site (e.g. amusement park, residential building or camping site) were not implemented due to local residents' protests or industrial pollution. With the decision of the district assembly Hamburg-Mitte on June 17, 2003 an Agenda 21 process started under the moderation of the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald with the participation of local actors such as residents' initiatives, politicians, schools, local trade and industry. In eleven steering group meetings until 2009, the 9 million euro usage concept as a museum, nature park and industrial monument Wasserkunst Elbe Island Kaltehofe was developed. The project is funded by the Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe Foundation, half of which is owned by the City of Hamburg and the other half is owned by Hamburg Wasser , which also paid for the renovation and construction of today's museum and the design of the outdoor area.
literature
- Alfred Meng: History of the Hamburg water supply. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929229-15-3 .
- Ortwin Pelc , Susanne Grötz (Ed.): Constructor of the modern city. William Lindley in Hamburg and Europe 1808–1900. In: Hartmut Frank, Ulrich Schwarz (ed.): Series of publications of the architecture archive. Dölling and Galitz Verlag GmbH, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937904-77-1 .
- Richard J. Evans : Death in Hamburg. City, Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 1830–1910. Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek near Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-498-01648-2 .
- Eva Decker, Jörg Schilling: Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe (Hamburger Bauheft 15), Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-944405-22-3 .
Web links
- Website of Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe
- Hamburg Wasser website
- Website of the studio Andreas Heller Architects & Designers
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Meng: History of the Hamburg water supply. Hamburg 1993, p. 52 ff.
- ↑ Rooms and prices - Wasserkunst. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Ortwin Pelc, Susanne Grötz (ed.): Constructor of the modern city. William Lindley in Hamburg and Europe 1808–1900. In: Hartmut Frank, Ulrich Schwarz (ed.): Series of publications of the architecture archive. Munich 2008.
- ^ Richard J. Evans: Death in Hamburg. City, Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 1830–1910. Reinbek near Hamburg 1990, p. 375 ff.