Water tower (Demmin)
The former water tower of the Hanseatic city of Demmin in the Mecklenburg Lake District is around 1400 meters southeast of the city center and 200 meters north of the train station in the Sandberg Firs. The tower is a listed building and today houses a public observatory with a planetarium .
At the end of the 19th century, the city of Demmin received a central water supply. For this purpose, the water tower was built from red brick on a hill outside the city in 1897 . This originally had a conical roof . During the GDR era, a new water supply was built near the Tollense . The water tower, which is no longer required, was converted into a public observatory with a planetarium. The conical roof was removed in favor of a viewing platform.
The planetarium has a dome 6 meters in diameter and 35 seats. A ZKP-2 SkyMaster from Zeiss serves as the projector , and a telescope is available for observation . In addition to the astronomy teaching the station for regular events will be on issues of Astronomy used.
literature
- Wolfgang Fuhrmann: The Hanseatic City of Demmin in old and new views. GEROS Verlag, Neubrandenburg 1998, ISBN 3-935721-00-5 , p. 66.
Web links
- Literature about the Demmin water tower in the state bibliography MV
- Planetarium in the water tower - An den Tannen. Hanseatic City of Demmin, accessed on September 16, 2011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water tower with planetarium in Demmin. (No longer available online.) Tourismusverband Mecklenburgische Schweiz, April 18, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 53 ° 54 '12.3 " N , 13 ° 3' 11.7" E