Duttweiler water tower
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 Duttweiler water tower |
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| place | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse | |
| architect | J. Muller | |
| Client | Wayss & Freytag | |
| Construction year | 1928-1929 | |
| height | 44 m | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 18 '47.2 " N , 8 ° 13' 14.6" E | |
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It is popularly referred to as the Duttweiler water tower , but the water tower in the district of Duttweiler in the independent city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) is owned by the Haßloch municipal works . It supplies water to Duttweiler and Haßloch .
Geographical location
The water tower stands in the Upper Palatinate Rhine plain in the midst of vineyards on a low elevation , 138.1 m above sea level. NHN high Trappenberg . The residential areas of three Neustadt districts are all around: 1.8 km northwest of Lachen-Speyerdorf , 1.6 km south of Duttweiler and 2.75 km southeast of Geinsheim . The residential development of Haßloch begins 4 km to the northeast.
The federal highway 39 (Neustadt– Speyer ) passes about 400 m to the north . From there the water tower can be reached via agricultural roads .
architecture
The water tower is a reinforced concrete structure , the cylindrical double water chamber of which has a volume of 1,000,000 liters and rests on twelve rectangular supports . Horizontal struts ensure cohesion at heights of 10 and 20 m, and a 30 m high spiral staircase is built into a central cylinder with a smaller diameter . The tower is 44 m high, the water level of the filled chambers is at a height of 40 m, which is 178.1 m above sea level. Corresponds to NHN . The water pressure is 6.6 bar in relation to the supplied municipality of Haßloch .
The tower is also known as antenna support for mobile networks of Telekom and Plus E used. The reinforced concrete parts were refurbished in 1960 and the interior was renovated in 1974.
The water tower has been under protection as a cultural monument since 2009 .
History of origin
Because of its location in the Rhine valley, Haßloch has always had an abundant supply of groundwater that the population used with their own wells . However, the water contained a lot of iron and was not free of sediment . That is why the Haßloch municipal council dealt with the project of a uniform drinking water supply from 1925/26 .
During the first test wells in 1928 on the Haßloch district, the quality of the water produced was unsatisfactory. However, drilling in the area adjacent to the south of Duttweiler, in the so-called Benzenloch (where the Haßloch waterworks is now located), yielded such good results that it was planned in this area - originally next to the Haßloch schoolhouse on Schillerplatz, which is 112 m above sea level - to build a water tower. In order to increase the water pressure and shorten the water line to Haßloch, the plan was changed a little later and the location selected was the Trappenberg, 1.6 km north-northeast and 26 m higher.
The construction of the central waterworks and the water tower began in late 1928, after the municipal council had voted on the external shape and the provider: The KPD had requested the construction of a water tower with a square floor plan, the DVP wanted a round floor plan and had voted for chose the cheapest provider Wayss & Freytag . With 12 to 10 votes, the municipal council finally decided to complete the construction and to award the contract to Wayss & Freytag.
The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on September 2, 1929 ; the mayor of Hassloch, Heinrich Brauch, described the tower as
"A landmark of this whole area, which draws attention from afar and in its artistic form, which at the same time so expresses the essence of modern concrete construction, fits wonderfully into the swinging lines of the landscape."
Towards the end of 1929, the Haßloch waterworks and the tower went into operation. The then still independent municipalities of Duttweiler and Iggelheim contractually joined the central water supply. Until shortly after the Second World War , the volume of water extracted was sufficient for the three communities.
From 1949, two more wells were drilled and connected to the Haßloch waterworks due to the increased demand for water. When it was planned, 35 liters per day and inhabitant were assumed, meanwhile the mean value for Haßloch has leveled off at approx. 126 to 128 liters per day and inhabitant.
In an emergency, the nearby communities or districts of Altdorf , Böbingen , Freimersheim , Gommersheim , Geinsheim and Böhl-Iggelheim could be connected to the Haßloch waterworks and supplied with drinking water.
A concession agreement concluded in spring 2017 between Böhl-Iggelheim and Haßloch decided that fresh water would also be fed to Iggelheim for the next 20 years. About 7500 residents of Iggelheim are supplied with around 500,000 cubic meters of water annually via two supply lines.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information material from the Haßloch municipal works.
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ The Trappenberg takes its name from the bustards that used to live here and are some of the largest flightless birds in the world.
- ↑ a b Technical data on static.duttweiler.de , accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Monuments and protected positions , on static.duttweiler.de , accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ↑ The first part of the name Benzenloch is of dialect origin and is derived from the rushes that belong to the sweet grasses ; the second part comes from “hole” - from the Latin lacus - for lake or pond.
- ↑ Construction of the water tower decided on static.duttweiler.de , accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Wasserturm wird rund , on static.duttweiler.de , accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ↑ Topping- out ceremony at the water tower , at static.duttweiler.de , accessed on September 5, 2016.