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Cuxhaven Water Tower

Cuxhaven Water Tower

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Cuxhaven Water Tower

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Location: Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

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2. Old Fishing Harbor Cuxhaven – View of the Kugelbake loop from Cuxhaven

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3. Path into the Wernerwald – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Stickenbüttel

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Teuto Radler 🚴🏻‍♀️

May 16, 2023

The Cuxhaven water tower in Cuxhaven, Bahnhofstraße 11, today e.g. with apartments, is under monument protection in Lower Saxony and is included in the list of monuments in Cuxhaven.

A cholera epidemic in Hamburg in 1892 with 8,605 deaths prompted the city of Hamburg in 1896 to set up a central water supply with a water tower in the Ritzebüttel district, in Cuxhaven and in Döse in order to prevent infectious diseases and to supply the ships in the port.

The 48 meter high water tower from 1897 with a storage and a waterworks was built and operated by the Berlin businessman and engineer Hoffmann. The seven-storey tower, at that time in the outer dike area, has 80 centimeter thick walls that had to support a weight of 900 tons.
From around 1970, the gradient pressure was not sufficient for the taller houses, so that they had to be equipped with pressure boosting systems. In 2004 the water tower was taken out of service. Four apartments were built into the tower. A café and a seminar room are to be set up in the tower, which was sold in 2013 or 2017.[1] The tower is a symbol of the city.

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Jknord

June 12, 2023

The water tower was put into operation in 1897 and was an important part of the city's water supply. The tower is 35 meters high and holds a total of 400 cubic meters of water. In 2004 the water tower, one of Cuxhaven's landmarks, was taken out of service. Instead, four apartments were built on the round base.

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🐐Zwei Bergziegen🐐

September 18, 2023

The round 48m high tower with its 80 centimeter thick walls was built primarily to ensure a central water supply with clean water. The seven-story, 900-ton tower contained a waterworks and a water storage facility so that the fresh water tanks of incoming ships could also be filled.
In 2004, the water tower, one of Cuxhaven's landmarks, was taken out of service. Instead, four apartments were built on the circular footprint.
The water tower is a protected monument in Lower Saxony.

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1. Alte Liebe Viewing Platform – View of the Kugelbake loop from Duhnen

2. Old Fishing Harbor Cuxhaven – View of the Kugelbake loop from Cuxhaven

3. Path into the Wernerwald – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Stickenbüttel

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