Eckhorst water tower
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| Construction year: | 1936/37 |
| Draft: | Franz Löwitsch |
| Tower height: | 24.6 m |
| Usable height: | 20.75 m |
| Container type: | Container with a square base |
| Volume of the container: | 250 m³ |
| Original use: | Water supply from Stockelsdorf, Groß Steinrade and Eckhorst |
| Todays use: | Eight apartments |
| Monument protection: | Cultural monument |
The Eckhorst water tower is located in the village of Eckhorst , a district of the municipality of Stockelsdorf in the Ostholstein district , Schleswig-Holstein . It is around 60 meters from the federal highway 206 (section Stockelsdorf– Bad Segeberg ). The water tower was built from 1936 on a 35 meter high hill (a total of 56 meters above sea level ) that was previously used as a mill mountain and was put into operation in 1937. It is a listed building and is Eckhorst's landmark .
Original structure
The tower has the shape of a simple cube with a flat roof, an architectural style that is remarkably functional for a water tower. In the outer walls made of red brick , it originally had three narrow, superimposed windows on each side in the lower area and a horizontal row of seven windows each above. Behind it was the water tank with a capacity of 250 m³.
The Eckhorster water tower is one of the last water towers that were erected before pumps and near-earth flat tanks - at least in the flat regions of northern Germany - made their construction superfluous.
Decommissioning and renovation
From 1938, the water tower, in conjunction with the waterworks built at the same time, supplied the main town of Stockelsdorf with the villages of Groß Steinrade and Eckhorst. At the end of the 1950s, the existing water supply was no longer sufficient for the growing population. A modern pressure boiler system and a new waterworks made the tower superfluous, so that it lost its function in 1959. After that it stood idle for several years.
In 1992 the building was converted into a residential water tower according to plans by the architect Jochen Schrader . Six apartments were built on eight floors. For this purpose, the openings in the outer walls were enlarged and fully glazed balcony-like areas were added.
See also
literature
- Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Schleswig-Holstein. History and stories about the water supply in the north and its most striking buildings. Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2008, ISBN 978-3-939656-71-5 .
Web links
Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 50.5 " N , 10 ° 35 ′ 44.5" E