Ostkreuz water tower
| Ostkreuz water tower | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Data | ||
| place | Berlin-Friedrichshain | |
| architect | Karl Cornelius | |
| Builder | Royal Railway Directorate Berlin | |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau | |
| Construction year | 1912 | |
| height | 59 m | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '8 " N , 13 ° 28' 6.7" E | |
|
||
The Ostkreuz water tower is a listed water tower in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain and a landmark of the neighborhood around the Ostkreuz that is visible from afar .
history
The water tower, built between 1909 and 1912 by the Royal Railway Directorate in Berlin , was designed by the architect Karl Cornelius . The 59 meter high structure stands next to the Berlin Ostkreuz train station and was used to supply water to the steam locomotives . The tower has a striking Art Nouveau hood and a 400 m³ water tank that is completely built into the roof. The tower shaft was clad with glazed, purple bricks to protect it from soot. The lower edge of the steel tank is at a standardized height of 40 meters and thus generated enough water pressure to supply the water cranes at the Ostkreuz, Ostbahnhof , Lichtenberg and Rummelsburg train stations until the mid-1980s . The water in the tower was pumped from the Rummelsburg lake .
The water tower has been on the Berlin list of monuments since January 19, 1978. In 2006 the building was renovated. The German railway sold the water tower in 2015 to a private investor.
literature
- Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Berlin: capital of the water towers . Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2010, ISBN 978-3-86929-032-4 , p. 197 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Landmark of the desert in Der Tagesspiegel from July 9, 2014; accessed on September 23, 2017
- ↑ What will happen to the water tower at Ostkreuz in the Berliner Zeitung on March 5, 2015; accessed on September 23, 2017
- ^ Peter Neumann: New owner: What will become of the water tower at Ostkreuz . In: Berliner Zeitung . ( berliner-zeitung.de [accessed on August 22, 2017]).