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Blankenese Waterworks

Blankenese Waterworks

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Blankenese Waterworks

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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2. View of the Elbe – Elbhöhenweg — Wedel section loop from Blankenese

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3. Blankenese Lower Lighthouse – Blankenese Stair Quarter loop from Elbhochufer

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irgendwohin 😗 🥾🚶‍♀️⛰ 🚴‍♀️

June 29, 2020

On the beach path you pass the old waterworks. A beautiful old brick building.

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Michael wandert 🏠

December 4, 2020

The Altona waterworks on the Baursberg was built and put into operation in 1859. It was one of the most modern water supply plants, as it had several catchment basins in which the Elbe water was filtered right from the start. Water from the Elbe was pumped up the mountain using steam engines, where it trickled down and was thus cleaned.
In this way, Altona was spared the cholera epidemic in 1892 that struck neighboring Hamburg. When it came to fresh water, Hamburg was not that advanced at the time.
hamburg.de/altona/baudenkmaeler/2847068/wasserwerk-altona
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choleraepidemie_von_1892

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u.s.

November 24, 2019

Beautiful old industrial building, z.Z. renovated.

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Robert Köhler

January 28, 2021

The Baursberg waterworks was put into operation in 1859. It was the first waterworks with efficient slow sand filtration. Up until 1960, Elbe water was also treated on the Baursberg. Since then, only groundwater has been used for drinking water production. The twelve wells of the Baursberg waterworks pump groundwater from depths of between 100 and 320 meters in the Rissen and Falkenstein wells.
In the mid-1980s, the filter system in the building erected in 1915 was modernized and the 18 slow sand filter basins were shut down. The raw water was treated by adding technical oxygen and subsequent filtration.
From 2003 to 2010 the waterworks were completely renovated. In the process, six new concrete pressure filters and an open ventilation system were manufactured.
The factory also includes five drinking water tanks with a total volume of 55,000 cubic meters. Due to its height of approx. 92 meters, the Baursberg is an ideal location for storage tanks. The drinking water can flow freely to the consumers without having to interpose pumps.
Consumers who live near the Baursberg waterworks are supplied via an elevated tank (high zone). The supply area of the plant stretches in a west-east direction from Blankenese to Othmarschen and north across the state borders into the Schenefeld area.

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Angie P

October 31, 2021

Great old building that is well preserved.

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Teufelchen New

March 6, 2022

The lower part of the Altona waterworks, built in 1859, is located on the Falkensteiner Ufer. From the very beginning, it had settling tanks to filter the Elbe water prepared for the Baursberg. The first settling tanks were located on the Baursberg, and in 1896 the purification and pre-sedimentation tanks or settling tanks on the Falkensteiner Ufer were put into operation. The plant worked with sand filters and was thus the first of its kind in Germany. The cholera epidemic of 1892 therefore did not spread to Altona. The plant on Baurs Berg is still in operation today, but since 1960 it has no longer worked with Elbe water, but from a total of ten wells in the area, which extract groundwater from a depth of up to 310 meters.

After several years of renovation of the ensemble by two private developers in accordance with the monument protection regulations, families, couples, singles and seniors have been living in the historic buildings converted into lofts since 2019.

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H Schröder

September 1, 2022

The buildings are now privately owned and therefore cannot be entered; only on "Open Monument Day" may guided tours be offered.
The park opposite is well worth seeing.

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July 22, 2023

The Altona waterworks on the Baursberg was built and put into operation in 1859 by the Altona Gas and Water Company. It was one of the most modern water supply plants, as it had several collecting basins from the beginning in which the Elbe water was filtered. Altona was thus spared from the cholera epidemic that hit neighboring Hamburg in 1892.

Over time, the waterworks has been expanded and modernized several times. It is now a supply plant of "Hamburg Wasser" and treats groundwater that is pumped from eleven wells.

The Baursberg water protection area has existed here since 1990. On the Falkensteiner Ufer, below the Roman Garden, there is a red brick building, the now disused engine house of the waterworks. (Source: hamburg.de/altona/baudenkmaeler/2847068/wasserwerk-altona/)

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July 22, 2023

The former listed pumping station from 1859 directly on the Elbe beach in Blankenese gives business and private events an enchanting charm in front of a historical backdrop. Small and large events with up to 100 people can be optimally implemented here. (Source: eventinc.de/eventlocation/hamburg/wasserwerk-blankenese)

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July 22, 2023

Blankenese Waterworks:

The former listed pumping station from 1859 directly on the Elbe beach in Blankenese gives business and private events an enchanting charm against a historical backdrop. Small and large events with up to 100 people can be optimally implemented here.

(Source: eventinc.de/eventlocation/hamburg/wasserwerk-blankenese)

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July 22, 2023

Here you will find everything you need to know about amphibian waters, it is worth stopping and reading.

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Kirsten 🌺

April 13, 2025

* The former pumping station was built in 1859 according to plans by the British engineers Thomas Hawksley and William Lindley. It originally served as part of the Altona Waterworks, supplying the city with drinking water from the Elbe.

* The entire complex is now a listed building and a significant testament to Hamburg's industrial past.

* Parts of the site have also been converted into high-quality apartments, which offer a special charm thanks to their historic structure and their location directly on the Elbe.

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