Entering the ghost town or the water tower is prohibited. But whoever wanted always found an access. Over a period of three months, the water tower, which was more than 100 years old, was renovated for the sum of almost one million euros. And around the tower are now on the ground also large concrete numbers. The artist Matthias Lehmann has created this installation and thus a huge sundial. The shadow of the tower indicates the average time of day. "Twelve o'clock in the afternoon", based on the famous Western with Gary Cooper, Lehmann calls his work, which is to remain only temporary. And in a few years, when the new district stops, the Conti Tower will be the center of the new water city, reminding that it once belonged to a large factory site and later to a ghost town. Many adventurers, graffiti sprayers and photographers will regret this parallel world with its morbid charm, it was pure industrial romance, a unique area. But others will then have a new home in the best residential area, surrounded by water. And presumably they will look up to the yellow glowing Conti cylinder, which will then be the landmark of the new water city. Source (myheimat.de)
The former water tower of the former Conti site is today a landmark of Hanoverian industrial history. For about one and a half centuries, products made of rubber have been produced in a large factory, which opened in Continental AG in 1928. Up to 6,000 workers produced bicycle tires at this location and, in later years, car tires and many other hard and soft rubber products. And that until the year 1999. Then the plant was shut down and initially left to itself. But not too long, because a few years later, construction vehicles rolled on, which tore down the factory halls so gradually, should the area be cleared and rehabilitated for a newly developing district, the water city Limmer. If you look around there today, you will see in the triangle between the Wunstorfer Strasse, the branch canal to the port of Linden and the leash connection canal wide, bare areas. However, some of the former redbrick factory buildings, which are listed as historical monuments, have been preserved. And not only the, but also the currently lonely and stand-alone Conti tower with its characteristic yellow cylinder, a chimney equal, he served then as a water tower. That this was once surrounded by factory buildings, is now difficult to imagine. Source (myheimat.de)
In 2017 the decision was finally made - the Conti chimney with water tank should be preserved as a monument. Its renovation cost one million euros. Now it shines as a landmark over the newly emerging water town.
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