Geesthacht-Krümmel water tower
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| Monument protection: | Technical monument since 1997 |
| Construction year: | 1917 |
| Tower height: | 30.65 m |
| Usable height: | 17 m |
| Container type: | Cylindrical container |
| Volume of the container: | 780 m³ |
| Operating condition: | Out of service since 1945 |
| Original use: | Supply of the nitrocellulose factory |
| Todays use: | unused |
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The water tower in Krümmel is one of the last remaining buildings of Alfred Nobel's former dynamite factory Krümmel . It stands on the Geest slope above the Elbe. The tower, half-covered by trees, is in a poor state of preservation and has been closed and fenced off for some time because of the risk of collapse. The owner is the Swedish energy company Vattenfall , which also operates the neighboring Krümmel nuclear power plant (as of 2009).
The construction
In the 30 m tall, cylindrical water tower is a with bricks blinded reinforced concrete . The masonry above the basement is structured by pilaster strips . In each of the fields enclosed by the pilaster strips there are three windows, one for each floor. The masonry in the upper area protrudes only a little. It ends with a wreath of small windows. The tower is covered by a domed roof with a lantern .
history
The First World War led to a rapid expansion of the production facilities in the Krümmel dynamite factory built by Alfred Nobel in 1865 . As a result of the Hindenburg program , the armaments program of the Supreme Army Command , a new nitrocellulose factory was built. The water tower, which served as a water reservoir for nitrocellulose production, was also built for this factory in 1916/1917.
Efforts to preserve the tower
After the end of the Second World War , the factory facilities were dismantled or blown up. The water tower, along with the administration building and a fire station, was one of the few buildings that remained. The Förderkreis Industriemuseum Geesthacht eV takes historical walks on the former factory premises. He has been campaigning for the preservation of the tower for years.
In 1997 the tower was placed under monument protection, in 2010 a ruin was secured. The costs of around € 400,000 were shared between the electricity supplier Vattenfall and a special fund for the renovation of listed buildings belonging to the State Minister for Culture and Media .
See also
Web links
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- 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 .
- Report of the State Office for Monument Preservation Schleswig-Holstein for the years 2004 and 2005
- Lübecker Nachrichten of December 7, 2006
- Bergedorfer Zeitung of September 30, 2009
Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 31.2 " N , 10 ° 25 ′ 2.3" E