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Mäuseturm (Water Castle) Pumping Station Prester

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Location: Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Pascal Hug

June 18, 2019

Unfortunately due to a fire and vandalism only a ruin.

There used to be a bench in front of the castle, but this was also destroyed.

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The pumping station was built in 1905 on the east bank of the Elbe. The brick tower on the west side of the building, which can be seen from afar, and is crowned with battlements, is striking. Before the construction of this building, popularly known as the mouse tower, the Buckau waterworks on the west side of the Elbe had also taken the Elbe water required for the city of Magdeburg as drinking water from the west bank. Because of the deteriorating water quality of the Elbe water, the water was then taken from the east side from 1905. The water quality on the right bank of the Elbe proved to be better. The water there was cleaner and less salty. The reason for this was that the wastewater from the potash works on the Saale flowed into the Elbe on the left side of the Saale. In order to transport the water from the pumping station on the right to the waterworks on the left, a culvert pipe with a diameter of one meter was laid under the Elbe.

Due to the deteriorating water quality, the water taken from the Elbe was no longer used as drinking water from 1963, but only as process water for industrial purposes. As early as 1932, a significant proportion of Magdeburg's drinking water was brought in from the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide north of Magdeburg. Due to the significant drop in industrial production in Magdeburg after the political change of 1989, the demand for process water fell significantly. In October 1990, the Buckau waterworks was shut down.

Around 2010, the pumping station was badly damaged in a fire.

Source and further information:

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6pfwerk_bei_Prester

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Andi

October 11, 2023

Finally it goes up again with the mouse tower/water castle. A restaurant will be built by next summer. We can be excited. maeuseturm-magdeburg.de

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Martin

August 10, 2025

It's nice to have another opportunity to take a break there. On foot, by bike, or by boat, but only canoe, dinghy, or SUP.

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Location: Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Mäuseturm (Water Castle) Pumping Station Prester

1. Dornburg Old Elbe – Pechauer Platz Flood Marker loop from Siedlung Cracau

2. Pechauer Platz Flood Marker – Dornburg Old Elbe loop from Wiesengrund/Zur Pappel

3. Cracauer Waterfall – Kreuzhorst Nature Reserve loop from Magdeburg Hasselbachplatz

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