Water tower (Sélestat)

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Water tower in Schlettstadt

The water tower in Schlettstadt , a French city in the Bas-Rhin in the region Alsace , was built in 1906/07. The water tower on the Place du Général de Gaulle has been classified as a Monument historique since 1992 .

description

The 48 meter high water tower has a capacity of 500 cubic meters. It was built under the direction of the engineer Behr, an official of the land improvement office . The water tower built in Deventer ( Netherlands ) in 1893 served as a model .

The building is reminiscent of a beffroi in the neo-Romanesque style . The yellow brick tower is closed by a conical roof.

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Individual evidence

  1. Château d'eau de Sélestat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 32 "  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 45"  E