Rendsburg water tower (Saatseewerft)
| Water tower Rendsburg Saatseewerft | |
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| Construction year: | 1914 |
| Tower height: | 25.5 m |
| Usable height: | 20 m |
| Container type: |
 Barkhausen
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| Volume of the container: | 100 m³ |
| Shutdown: | 1991 |
| Original use: | Supply of the shipyard |
| Todays use: | unused |
 Ensemble with administration building and railway viaduct |
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The water tower of the Saatseewerft in Rendsburg lies between the Kiel Canal and the railway loop that leads to the high bridge . The brick structure forms an ensemble with the neighboring administration building of the shipyard. The buildings were built in the course of the expansion and modernization of the company as a result of the canal expansion between 1907 and 1914.
Building
The tower has a square plan. This shape continues up to an intermediate roof. This is followed by an octagonal tower head that looks as if it had been placed on the square roof. A gray-covered tent roof closes the building off at the top. The building edges of the square tower section are highlighted like pilaster strips with decorative masonry . The arched entrance portal has a semicircular skylight, a shape that is repeated in the small windows under the intermediate roof. Four large oval windows - framed by decorative masonry - adorn the tower head. Behind it is a Barkhausen water tank with a capacity of 100 m³.
Water supply to the shipyard
The Saatsee shipyard was part of the Imperial Naval Inspectorate founded in 1895 . The urban water network was insufficient to supply the company with water. Therefore, an in-house well was drilled to feed the water tower. Even after the municipal water supply was expanded, the shipyard maintained its own water supply with a well and water tower. The tower was not shut down until 1991. Today the company belongs to the Rendsburg building yard, an organizational unit of the Kiel-Holtenau water and shipping authority . The Rendsburg building yard looks after watercraft and technical systems on the canal.
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 .
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 57.7 " N , 9 ° 41 ′ 47.6" E