Steyr water tower

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Water tower and extension, south facade. View from intermediate bridges
North facade. View from the local quay

The Steyr water tower with extension (intermediate bridges 3) was built in 1572–1574 and served to supply the town square with water .

history

In the water tower (also Ennsturm) built by Michael Aidn for the city from 1572 to 1574, a water reservoir was housed. This was filled with river water by a pumping station driven by a water wheel in the Steyr and supplied the Neptune and Poseidon fountains on the town square . The bell founder Dominik Staffelmayr replaced the old pumping station with a new, simpler construction in 1824, and in 1864 the tower was given a new sheet metal covering. From 1875, the owner was Ludwig Werndl , who acquired the tower, the pump room and the attached house for 11,000  fl . In 1909 the building was already very dilapidated and the weapons factory company did not want to maintain it, but only to finance the demolition. An intervention by the Central Commission for Monument Preservation prevented the demolition. Instead, only the tower, which had already tilted up to 32 cm, was shortened by 8 meters. The pumping station was in operation until 1948. In the 1960s, the entire ensemble in intermediate bridges was temporarily to be demolished to make room for new, larger bridges. However, this was discarded and instead the tower and the neighboring objects 1 and 2 (Fischergschirr) were renovated in 1974/75.

Iron panther

The iron panther on the south facade is a war nailing (defense shield) from 1915. The wooden model into which the nails were hammered comes from Leo Zimpel . The income was 7,000  crowns . The dedication plaque below reads: From our struggle / In distress and pain / Wear customer / In distant days / Panther in ore! The founder is the women-and-girls-local group Südmark .

  • Fishing gear with water tower

  • The tower at its original height (1908)

  • The iron panther

  • The dedication plaque

Web links

Commons : Wasserturm Zwischenbrücken 3, Steyr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Stögmüller: History of the mills in Steyr , section: The mill between the bridges (Heindlmühle) in: Jahrbuch des Stadtarchivs Steyr 2009 , p. 17 ISBN 978-3-902427-57-1 (builder Michael Aidn, water wheel)
  2. ^ A b c Manfred Brandl: New history of Steyr. Ennsthaler, 1980, ISBN 3-85068-093-2 , p. 44.
  3. ↑ New history of Steyr. P. 225.
  4. ↑ Norbert Loidol: One hundred years of master's atelier for steel cutting in Steyr 1910-2010. Historical requirements, founding and work history. Artists (Leo Zimpel, Michael Blümelhuber, Hans Gerstmayr, Hans Kröll, Ferdinand Anders, Martin Strolz). In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Year 64, Linz 2010, issue 3–4, p. 174, entire article p. 167–208 (authorship Leo Zimpel), PDF on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
  5. ↑ For emperor, king and fatherland - war nails in the Danube Monarchy in World War I. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015 ; accessed on October 21, 2015 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 31.6 "  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 16.4"  E