Trachau waterworks

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Trachau waterworks

The Trachau waterworks in Dresden - Trachau , Aachener Straße 31, is a technical cultural monument from around 1900 that is used today as an apartment building and to operate a pumping station.

Location and surroundings

The area is characterized by a villa-like buildings, allotments, the large settlement Trachau and the northwestern Dresden Elbe hillside . The Schützenhof , today the seat of the Saxon State Center for Political Education , and the Apostle Church are in the immediate vicinity .

architecture

Architectural drawing from 1899

It is a solid building with a partial basement from 1900 in a gable-independent construction. There are four decorative elements on the shield gables. The facade is designed by alternating red and yellow facing bricks. A special feature is the walled round dormer without dormer cheeks on the north side of the building. The building has a base area of ​​around 11 m × 21 m and is around 8 m high. The building was planned in its original form by the Dresden architect and builder Fritz Mühlberg .

History of the building

In 1895 the then still independent municipality of Trachau decided to build a waterworks and a sewer system . In 1897 the construction of sewage locks was started. In 1898, Aachener Strasse was laid out for the planned construction of the waterworks, which was initially called Burgsdorffstrasse, with which the then governor of Dresden-Neustadt , Curt Ludwig Franz von Burgsdorff (1849–1922), was honored. However, the street changed its name as early as 1902. In 1899 the foundation stone was finally laid for the municipal waterworks, which was inaugurated on August 3, 1900 in the presence of the governor of Craushaar. In addition to Trachau, the supply area of ​​the new waterworks also included parts of Kaditz . On June 11, 1901, the first house in Neukaditz , the Friedrich-August-Haus on Leipziger Strasse , moved into water from the Trachau factory.

Although most of the houses in Trachau and Neukaditz were soon connected and the municipal council was considering supplying Micktens and Oberlößnitz , the waterworks proved uneconomical after the incorporation into the city of Dresden from the point of view of the Dresden authorities. There were also hygienic concerns. In the summer of 1909, operations were finally closed. Around 1924 it was converted into an apartment building.

The cultural monument was renovated in several phases in terms of monument conservation. In 2015, as part of an energetic roof renovation, the existing bitumen welding sheets were replaced by metal shingles made of aluminum , which are reminiscent of the original slate covering .

Water extraction

For water production next to the building one was well of 3.26 m in diameter and 13.0 m depth is applied, from the one with a 20  PS strong light gas engine -driven pump the water to a high-level tank in the boys Heide promoted. This was built at the same time as the waterworks near the "Glasewalds Ruhe" restaurant and had a capacity of 750 m³. Its upper water level was 0.8 m below that of the elevated tank of the Saloppe waterworks . The pumping capacity of the pumping station was 1440 m³ per day. Although the machine house offered enough space for the installation of two more pumps, an extension was not made because of the possibility of later decommissioning.

Current usage

Today the building is privately owned and continues to be used as a residential building. There is also an apartment in the house. The DREWAG Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH operates in the basement of a pumping station from which, among other things to the nearby hospital Dresden-Neustadt is supplied with water. The Trachau waterworks is also the starting point for touristic city tours.

Trivia

The Trachau waterworks is mentioned in a work by the poet and essayist Heinz Czechowski .

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Brendler, Horst R. Rein: Trachau. Of people, houses and streets. Volume 2, Verlag Horst R. Rein, Dresden-Trachau.
  2. ^ Trachau waterworks 1900–1909 . In: Dresdner Nordwestbote , club journal of the district association of the Dresden north-west suburbs Kaditz, Mickten, Trachau, Uebigau, No. 34, September 1909, pp. 1-5.
  3. ^ Fr. Schäfer (Ed.): Scientific guide through Dresden. Commemorative gift from the city of Dresden for the 79th meeting of the Society of German Naturalists and Doctors. Zahn & Jaensch publishing house, 1907.
  4. Heinz Czechowski: My father's garden. Landscapes and Places. Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-933749-96-4 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 43.5 "  N , 13 ° 42 ′ 40.8"  E