Steglitz water tower

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the water tower on the Fichtenberg see Fichtenberg (Berlin) .

The Steglitz water tower

The water tower Steglitz is a monument in Berlin district of Steglitz of the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf and stands on the cemetery Steglitz , Mountain Road 38. The 42 meter high tower was completed by Hans Heinrich Müller designed and built in 1915 and the 1919th At the time of its construction, the water tower stood on the Rauhen Berge at the edge of the cemetery and was only later enclosed by it when it was extended.

Building history

Planning and construction

Detail of the facade of the spiral staircase

The planning for a drinking water tower, which began before the outbreak of the First World War , aimed to secure the independence of the Steglitz community. Presumably, the water tower with its Klönne container was never used to supply the population with water because Steglitz was connected to the water supply network of the Berlin municipal waterworks shortly after its completion . Architecturally, the huge rotunda made of red bricks corresponds to the style of the emerging brick expressionism . The builder Schwenke and the mason Wilhelm Reiche were involved in its construction.

Remodeling work

The water tower has been changed several times to fulfill new functions:

• 1923: Urn hall ( columbarium ), later cessation of work
• 1926: Installation of a new water tank
• 1927: Start of renovation work as a blessing and urn hall, with an extension as a crematorium
• 1928: Commissioning of the water tower as a reservoir for Steglitz and Schöneberg
• 1932: Conversion work ceased in 1927
• 1935: new conversions to a "memorial for the fallen of World War I and the movement"
• 1936: Inauguration of the memorial
• 1941: Fire in the hall of honor due to an air raid during World War II
• 1943: Destruction of the water tank by an air raid
• 1945: Demolition of the destroyed hall of honor
• 1950: Repair of the damage to the water tower
• 1962: The water tower was shut down
• 1992: Inclusion in the list of monuments
• 1999/2000: Restoration of the water tower: facade by the district office, interior rooms by the new user
• since 2000: Use of the water tower as a publishing house for the medical publishers ATI GmbH and AVI GmbH (editor of the Arznei-Telegram and local history books)

Literature and web links

• Wolfgang Becker-Brüser , Stephan Lepiorz: The water tower on the municipal cemetery on Bergstrasse. AVI - Arzneimittel-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-921687-30-6 .
• Jens U. Schmidt: Water towers in Berlin. Capital of the water towers. Regia-Verlag, Cottbus 2010, ISBN 978-3-86929-032-4 .
• Brief information from the Steglitz Zehlendorf district office on the water tower in the cemetery ( memento from March 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monument Bergstrasse 38, water tower at the Steglitz cemetery
2. ↑ Water tower at the Bergstrasse cemetery in Steglitz . At: stadtentwicklung.berlin.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 16.6 ″  N , 13 ° 20 ′ 30.6 ″  E