Husum water tower
| Husum water tower | |
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| Construction year: | 1902 |
| Tower height: | 33 m |
| Usable height: | 27.5 m |
| Container type: |
 Intze 1
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| Volume of the container: | 350 m³ |
| Shutdown: | 1961 |
| Original use: | Urban water supply |
| Todays use: | Office and observation tower |
The Husum water tower is a former water tower in Husum . It does not stand on the highest point of the city area, but near the center of the city on the northwest corner of the palace garden. In addition to its technical utility, it had an aesthetic meaning from the start, because there were no towers in the city that gave Husum a characteristic silhouette.
Building
The brick building , erected in 1903, stands on an octagonal base. This is followed by a circular, conical shaft. This is structured with plaster panels and has three storeys. The clad with slate projecting tank projectile is of a pointed spire with slate cover complete. The water tank, which is only partially preserved today, was an Intze-1 tank with a capacity of 350 m³.
The 33 m high tower was built according to a design by the architect von Gerlach. The Pinneberg water tower , built in 1912 based on the Husum model, looks very similar to it.
History of the Husum water supply
In the second half of the 19th century, Husum's population increased by leaps and bounds. With the connection to the railway network, the city developed into a center of the cattle trade in northern Germany.
At the turn of the century, the decision to set up a central water supply for Husum matured . In addition to the drinking water supply, it was hoped that there would also be better options for fighting fires. Until then, the water was supplied via decentralized wells near the houses.
In June 1901, the construction of a waterworks began in the neighboring municipality of Rosendahl (today part of Mildstedt ) by the company Windschild & Langelott. The water was extracted from a depth of 50 m using gas-powered pumps. In 1903 the system was completed, including the water tower needed to equalize the pressure in Husum's palace gardens.
Decommissioning and further use
In 1961 the tower was taken out of the network. From then on, a hydrophore system served to maintain a constant water pressure, which made a water tower superfluous.
A conversion was a long time coming. It was not until 1983 that a merchant leased the building from the city for 99 years, set up an insurance office in it and designed the container area into the observation deck. The following changes were made:
- A floor was built for the viewing platform, which can be reached through a central opening via a staircase.
- The inner cylinder of the container is no longer preserved.
- Recesses were cut into the container walls. After that, bigger windows were used to get a clearer view.
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 .
- Brochure from Stadtwerke Husum: A hundred years ago - Central water supply for Husum.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 28 '55.7 " N , 9 ° 2' 48.6" E