Water tower (Radebeul)

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The white Radebeul Water Tower , also known as the French Tower , visible from afar on the slope edge in Radebeul- West , with its red conical roof is a cultural monument that shapes the cityscape . The address at the water tower (formerly "at the end of Castle Street 5 ") is one of Kötzschenbroda Oberort and is in the conservation area Radebeul Historic vineyard landscape . The water tower is the only large structure in the Radebeul-West forest park . That in turn belongs to the Lößnitz landscape protection area .

Radebeul water tower above the Friedrich-August-Höhe viewing platform on the right
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history

Water tower in Radebeul-West, right next to it the Friedensburg

The elevated tank to be built for the Niederlößnitz-Kötzschenbroda waterworks association with the decision of 1914 was designed by the Dresden architecture professor and royal building officer Richard Schleinitz , the reinforced concrete construction of the concrete structure comes from the architect and civil engineer Professor Richard Müller . Another participant in the design competition was the architect Oskar Menzel , whose work took third place.

After the building permit for the water tower was granted in 1916 , it was also built by French prisoners of war on the edge of the plateau until 1917, which is why the contemporary name French tower became established. The 39 meter high tower has a round floor plan and a two-tiered conical dome. The reservoir has a capacity of 370 cubic meters and is fed from the pumping station on Burgstrasse .

The tower was damaged in World War II, but was able to be put back into operation in 1947. In 1996/1997 the water tower was completely renovated.

From the plateau in front of it , the Friedrich-August-Höhe , you have a good view of the Elbe Valley , as the base of the tower is about 208  m above sea level. NHN lies. This square was created in 1908 and on the occasion of the visit of King Friedrich August III. named after him; it is 70 meters above the beginning of Burgstraße / corner of Obere Bergstraße , from where you can ascend, and 105 meters above the Elbe.

Due to its exposed location, there are now DSL sector antennas on the tower that operate a free radio network .

The 90th birthday of the tower was celebrated on September 8, 2007 with a water tower festival.

  • Historical plan of the water tower

  • Shaft of the water tower

  • Interior view of the shaft with stairs and downpipe

  • Stairs past the water tank

  • Conical roof from the inside

literature

Web links

Commons : Water Tower  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Large district town of Radebeul (ed.): Directory of the cultural monuments of the town of Radebeul . Radebeul May 24, 2012, p. 6 (Last list of monuments published by the city of Radebeul. The Lower Monument Protection Authority, which has been located in the district of Meißen since 2012, has not yet published a list of monuments for Radebeul.).
  2. ↑ Volker Helas (arrangement): City of Radebeul . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony, Large District Town Radebeul (=  Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany . Monuments in Saxony ). SAX-Verlag, Beucha 2007, ISBN 978-3-86729-004-3 , p. 56 as well as enclosed map .
  3. ^ Dietrich Lohse: Oskar Menzel, a Dresden architect in Radebeul. Part 1. In: Preview & Review; Monthly magazine for Radebeul and the surrounding area. Radebeuler monthly books e. V., April 2013, accessed April 7, 2013 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 13 ° 38 ′ 9.6 ″  E