Water tower Kiel-Wik
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| Year of construction / construction time: | 1904 |
| Draft: | Building councilor Adalbert Kelm |
| Tower height: | 34.2 m |
| Usable height: | 23 m |
| Container type: | Barkhausen |
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| Container volume: | 300 m³ |
| Operating condition: | shut down |
| Original use: | Water supply to the marine systems |
| Conversion: | Apartments |
| Monument protection: | under monument protection since 1992 |
The Kiel-Wik water tower is located in Kiel-Wik on Rostocker Straße between the terminus of several bus routes (Wik, Herthastraße) and the former parade ground of the Imperial Navy .
Building
The 34.2 meter high water tower has a cylindrical shaft, while the outer wall in the container zone is eight-sided. The ground floor facade shows exposed brickwork in red brick , above the walls are lightly plastered. In the container area, the facade is structured by alternating brick and plastered areas. An eight-sided tent roof covered with red pans completes the building at the top.
The tower is a reinforced concrete structure clad with masonry . The load-bearing elements are reinforced concrete pillars inside, which end with round arches at the top. A Barkhausen container made of riveted steel with a capacity of 300 cubic meters is located in the tower head . The pumps were originally located in the basement.
History
The tower was built between April and September 1904 based on a design by naval building officer Adalbert Kelm . Together with the waterworks that was built at the same time, it served to supply the newly established Kiel Naval School and the barracks and residential complexes of the Navy. Soon afterwards, in the years 1907 to 1910, Adalbert Kelm's main work, the Mürwik Naval School , was the successor to the Kiel Naval School, with which he also designed another water tower, the naval water tower , which was built in the castle style of the new school.
After the waterworks was shut down in 1966, the tower served as a temporary storage facility for district heating until 1981 . Then it stood empty, unused. In 1992 the building was listed as a historical monument , and a little later it was sold to a private individual who furnished apartments there. A young family has been filling the tower with life since 2016 and carefully leading it to the developing quarter.
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 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 18.6 ″ E