Eilenburg water tower
The Eilenburg water tower is a 60.5 meter high tower in Eilenburg , built in 1916 , which was used to provide process water in the former Eilenburg chemical plant (ECW) there .
history
The water tower was built in 1915/1916 by Dykerhoff & Widmann AG Dresden as a service water storage tank and to stabilize the water pressure of the chemical factory on the site of the former Eilenburg celluloid factory in the Eilenburger Chemiewerk (ECW) . The tower had three water tanks with 1 × 1500 m³ and 2 × 500 m³ capacity. The tower was completed in 1916, later rectification plants were installed inside , whereby the water was withdrawn from the technical alcohol, which was used in drying processes. In 1950 the water tower was renovated. It was not until 2002/2003 that the tower was again extensively renovated and the rectification plants were dismantled. The roof structure of the conical shell roof, which was in danger of collapsing, was also renewed, nesting areas were created and antenna systems for mobile communications were installed. The total costs of the renovation amounted to 1,597,500 euros. The renovation measure was carried out by 18 ABM workers , coordinated by the directorate of the Leipzig employment office, and by the construction company Dr. Waldenburger GmbH .
Construction
The building shapes the silhouette of the city of Eilenburg with its height of 60.5 meters. The water tower was built using the Intze construction method. It is one of the first industrial structures made of reinforced concrete. Inside, the first staircase swings up in wide arches on 184 steps along the tower wall up to the butanol waste bin. At the top of the tower there are round windows from which a wide view over the city, the former ECW site and the floodplain of the Mulde is possible. After a further 117 steps of a spiral staircase you reach the top of the tower, the so-called lantern .
use
After its construction in 1916, the tower was used for the celluloid factory to provide process water for the Eilenburg chemical plant. In 2002 the water tower was no longer needed in its original function; Since then, however, it has served as an extinguishing water reservoir for the industrial and commercial area. 20 nesting sites for swifts were set up in the tower shaft as part of species protection . In the upper cylinder shell, optically imperceptible antenna systems from mobile network operators are installed.
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Stairs along the wall
outlook
Spiral staircase to the top of the tower
Exterior view
More water towers
In addition to the well-known water tower at the former Eilenburg chemical plant, there are other water towers in Eilenburg.
Water tower at the train station
The octagonal water tower to the northwest at Eilenburg station was built in 1935 and is 14 meters high. It was renovated in 2008 by the architect Giersdorff and converted into a residential building. The tower offers 110 m² of living space on three floors. On the ground floor there are living and dining areas, on the middle floor bedroom and bathroom and the top floor offers a panoramic view of the train station and the adjacent city park through the 16 windows on the eight sides. Despite being used as a residential building, the tower is still a technical monument, which is why the floor of the huge kettle, which was located between the second and third floors, was integrated into the living environment.
Water tower at the signal box
About 500 meters northeast of the Eilenburg train station there is another water tower, which is increasingly falling apart.
Web links
- Presentation on the renovation of the water tower in 2002/2003
- The water tower at www.eilenburg.de
- Video on Youtube: Insights into the ECW water tower on the Open Monument Day on September 13, 2015 in Eilenburg
- Living in the water tower at the train station, insights into the water tower
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c City administration Eilenburg: Renovation of the water tower Eilenburg. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Heike Liesaus: Good prospects for the Eilenburg water tower . Ed .: Leipziger Volkszeitung. 19th September 2017.
- ↑ Heike Liesaus: North Saxony's water towers in transition: The big and the small in Eilenburg . Ed .: Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 10, 2017.
- ^ Giersdorff Architects GbR: Living in the water tower. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 53.7 " N , 12 ° 38 ′ 40.4" E