Lägerdorf water tower
| Lägerdorf water tower | |
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| Construction year: | 1939 |
| Tower height: | 31.2 m |
| Usable height: | 26.3 m |
| Container type: |
 Loft
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| Volume of the container: | 100 m³ |
| Shutdown: | 1978 |
| Original use: | Supply of the community |
| Todays use: | Doesn't exist anymore |
The water tower of Laegerdorf from 1939 stood on a little past land near the Breitenburger road. The simple structure, surrounded by single-house lots, made a dilapidated impression in recent years due to the broken windows. The last owner, a real estate company, filed for bankruptcy and had no legal successor . The tower was demolished at the end of July 2011 and the property has been ownerless since then .
Building
The unadorned structure in the form of a simple cylinder was built with bricks . The tower was 31.2 m high and about 7.5 m in diameter. Two narrow rows of windows opposite each other illuminated the interior in the area of the staircase. Immediately under the roof was a row of small windows surrounding it. Underneath there was a wrought-iron loft container with a capacity of 100 m³ water. A conical roof completed the building at the top.
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History of the Lägerdorf water supply
The industrialization in the 19th century changed the place after chalk was found and in 1860 the cement industry settled in Lägerdorf. The former farming village became of national economic importance. However, there was no central water supply until 1938 . The house owners had their own wells with pumps. However, the wells gradually dried up because the groundwater was pumped out of the nearby chalk pits . In addition to the well, there was a small waterworks from the Alsen cement factory. The water was led into the streets, where the population could get supplies from taps. Even this supply was no longer sufficient in the 1930s.
In 1938 the community built a groundwater works on Hochholz according to plans by the engineer Gustav Vaupel. Up to 45 m³ of water per hour could be pumped from two 25 m and 32 m deep wells. The system also included the water tower in the center of the village, from which the water reached the individual households.
Shutdown and demolition
The Schleswag , which had taken over the waterworks of the community in 1969, put it quietly 1978th Since then, the water has been obtained from the Krempermarsch water procurement association.
After that, the water tower found no new use and had been in disrepair for years. In 2010 the municipality of Lägerdorf submitted an application for demolition due to the threat to public safety posed by the structure (e.g. stones falling from the masonry). Due to the relatively dense development around the property, it was difficult to remove; costs of 100,000 euros were assumed. The water tower was demolished at the end of July 2011.
See also
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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 .
- Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher: The water tower can no longer be saved (March 6, 2010, 5:50 am, by Joachim Möller)
Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 23.9 " N , 9 ° 34 ′ 36.6" E