Gütersloh water tower
| Water tower Friedrichstrasse, Gütersloh | |
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 Water tower Gütersloh (2009) |
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| Year of construction / construction time: | 1888 |
| Conversion / adult: | 1998 |
| Architect: | Adolf Schlupmann |
| Tower height: | 42 m |
| Container volume: | 310 m³ |
| Operating condition: | shut down |
| Original use: | Water supply from Gütersloh |
| Conversion: | Youth café, office, rehearsal room |
| Monument protection: | Industrial monument since 1984 |
The water tower Gütersloh is a 42 meter high water tower in the district town of Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located relatively close to the city center on Friedrichstrasse between the Evangelisch Stiftischem Gymnasium , the town hall and the theater . The elevation there is 74.35 m above sea level.
In addition to this municipal water tower, there is also the “Miele” water tower in Gütersloh on the premises of the household appliance manufacturer of the same name.
architecture
The Gütersloh water tower was built according to a design by the architect Adolf Schlüpmann. The foundation ring of the tower has a diameter of 13.5 m with a foundation depth of 3 m. The inner diameter is 8 m. The buttresses and brick wall panels are alternately visible in the two-story base zone. Above it are three storeys divided horizontally by three sandstone profiles with a concluding blind arcade wreath. This is followed by three more floors with panel cladding and finally a tent roof . A sandstone medallion with the Gütersloh city coat of arms and the date of construction is located above the entrance . The water tank, the support ring of which is 28.6 m high, holds 310 cubic meters .
history
Towards the end of the 19th century, the need for a central drinking water supply became clear in Gütersloh, which then had around 5,000 inhabitants . The private wells in use up until then turned out to be unproductive or polluted. Of the city's 526 wells, only 216 supplied water that was not harmful to health. In August 1887, the city council decided to build a waterworks . A water tower, which was put into operation on October 1, 1888, was necessary in the flat terrain.
The capacities of the waterworks and tower were sufficient for 60 years to supply Gütersloh with drinking water. It was not until 1946/48 that a pumping station was installed in the Spexard district and a pressure pipeline in 1950, which made pressure regulation via the tower superfluous.
Unlike other technical structures in Gütersloh, the tower, although it had become inoperative, was not demolished and was preserved as an industrial monument that documents the infrastructural development of the city. In 1984 it was entered in the list of architectural monuments in Gütersloh with the monument number A 044 . For several decades, however, little was done to preserve the tower. It was not until 1998 that the municipal utilities restored the original exterior facade of the tower, which cost 800,000 D-Marks. A youth café was opened inside the tower, for which the Mark Wössner Youth Fund made 300,000 D-Marks available. The tower is now a listed building .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 20.8 " N , 8 ° 22 ′ 17.1" E