Bernau water tower
| Bernau water tower | |
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.JPG) General view of the tower in January 2012 from the northeast |
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| Year of construction / construction time: | 1910-1911 |
| Architect: | Emil Prinz (engineer) and Otto Stiehl (architect for the facade) |
| Tower height: | 43.90 m |
| Container height: | 8.75 m |
| Container volume: | 3500 m³ |
| Operating condition: | shut down since 1995 |
| Conversion: | Cultural institution (occasionally) |
| Monument protection: | Yes |
The water tower Bernau is under monument protection standing neo-Gothic art building from 1910-11, whose elevated tanks to 1995 for drinking water supply for the residents of Bernau served. It is owned by Stadtwerke Bernau and has been used culturally since it was closed.
history
At the beginning of the 20th century, when the population of Bernau was also increasing rapidly, it became necessary to build a waterworks and a water tower to supply drinking water. In January 1910, the city administration acquired a meadow area of around 40,030 square meters for the waterworks from the banker Mendelssohn and provided a plot of land near the center on the Mühlenberg, the highest point in Bernau, for the elevated reservoir. Then the city administration looked for suitable architects and engineers for the construction.
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The " civil engineer for waterworks and sewer systems" Emil Prinz in Deutsch Wilmersdorf already had several years of experience in the construction of water supply systems. The planning work was initially entrusted to him for a fee of 3,000 marks . Prinz planned both the waterworks and the tower including the necessary underground water supply network and determined a minimum amount of 340,000 marks for the construction costs.
After discussion in the city parliament and some changes to the plans, the project was submitted to the responsible district president in Potsdam for approval, which was granted on February 14, 1910 (by the deputy district president von Grissing). Construction work under the direction of Prinz could begin; on May 27, 1910, the groundbreaking ceremony for the earthworks for the three-meter-deep step foundation of the tower took place.
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The largest outer diameter in the depth is 13 meters, the inner diameter is 10 meters. The base, made of natural stone, extends up to five meters above street level. The following building was done with bricks , whereby the shaft merges seamlessly into the top. Prinz and the architect Otto Stiehl chose neo-Gothic style elements as architectural jewelery in line with the zeitgeist of the time . They can be recognized above all in the entrance area and on the tower head, which is reminiscent of a medieval castle tower. All the beveled outer corners were created from a standardized shaped stone based on the architect's suggestion. The tower was completed in the same year, as the inscription above the entrance indicates: "Built in 1910". The connection to the pipeline network and the installation of the technical equipment led to the commissioning of the new water supply systems in 1911.
Structure and technical details
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A raised tank with an outer diameter of eight meters was installed inside the rotunda, which is itself supported on a wall bead. The cauldron is 8.75 meters high. According to the technological possibilities of the time, the container was made from steel segments and riveted . Its empty weight is around three tons and its capacity is 3500 cubic meters. The platform directly under the kettle can be reached via a free-standing four-and-a-half- story steel staircase and is around 20 meters above street level. The inlet pipes have a diameter of 200 millimeters, the outlet pipes of 250 millimeters. Manual valves for operation are located on the platform.
At the top of the container there is a circulation system that was used for inspection and repair purposes; it can only be reached via a ladder.
Most of the technical equipment such as pumps, pipes, valves (based on the original materials in the tower ) was supplied by the Cyclop Mehlis & Behrens machine factory in Berlin (Pankstrasse 14 and 15) and installed in the summer of 1910.
The pressure required for feeding into the water pipe system of the city of Bernau was measured on site using a manometer . In later years of operation, the values were transmitted to the waterworks by dedicated telephone line and adjusted there.
use
After the tower was shut down in 1995, it stood empty for a while. It has been used culturally since around 2009, including for concerts. In coordination with the PANKE Park Kulturkonvent Bernau e. V. or with Stadtwerke Bernau or through the water and wastewater association “Panke / Finow”, visits can be arranged.
In the vicinity of the water tower
Immediately to the east there is a gym and the sports field, which is used by several Bernau schools and the FSV Bernau . On Oranienburger Strasse, at the height of the tower, there is a day care center directed by the DRK , which is called the Kita Kinderland am Wasserturm , and a Montessori kindergarten opened right next to it in 1998 . The St. Georgen Hospital , another Bernau monument, is also very close by .
literature
- Information sheet The water tower in Bernau , issued on the occasion of the Open Monument Day 2010
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- Technikfreun.de with some information about the Bernau water tower
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Karl Bülow: A giant turns 100 . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , June 14, 2011; on the history of the water tower.
- ↑ a b Sights . Brief information on the city's website, accessed on March 14, 2012.
- ↑ Prinz, E. (engineer) . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, part 1, p. 2170. "W 15, Meierottostraße 5".
- ^ Maschinenfabrik Cyclop Mehlis & Behrens In: Anzeiger zum Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , November 4, 1882, p. 3; Retrieved December 13, 2012
- ↑ Klaus-Peter Rudolph: Huschke makes the water tower quake . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , May 21, 2011; about Wolfram Huschke's e-cello concert in May 2011 in the Bernauer water tower
- ^ Announcement of a jazz concert in the Bernauer water tower on May 5, 2012
- ^ Website of the Montessori Kindergarten
Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 57.7 " N , 13 ° 34 ′ 42.2" E