Wasserturm Elmshorn, Water tower in Elmshorn, Germany.

Wasserturm Elmshorn is a 43.5-metre brick tower built in 1902, tapering upward with bands of glazed brick at window level and a cornice of projecting bricks and shaped stones. Its riveted steel Intze Type 1 tank holds 550 m³ and rests on a granite ring. The tower now houses a candle-making workshop with a gallery level and a spiral staircase.

The tower was built in 1902 by the Neumünster company Licht-, Kraft- und Wasserwerke AG to a design by engineer Maibaum, together with a waterworks in the Liether Dünen. Its gas-driven pumps fed a 22,000-metre pipe network serving nearly half of Elmshorn's households. The city probably acquired the system before 1914, and the tower kept water pressure steady until 1989.

Since 2003 the tower has housed a candle-making workshop with a small café, built to plans by architect Jan-Peter Witte. A gallery level was inserted to reduce the visual height of the six-metre ground floor, and a steep wooden staircase was replaced by a spiral one. The conversion cost over 206,000 euros, with 17,950 euros from the Stiftung zur Erhaltung von Kulturdenkmalen in Elmshorn.

The site is located at Jahnstraße 1 and easily accessible with clear directions from the city center. Visitors should plan their visit during operational hours if they want to participate in candle-making activities or use the bistro, as space inside is limited.

The tower's tank is an Intze type 1, a design by hydraulic engineer Otto Intze: 550 m³ of riveted steel plate resting on a ring of hard granite that spreads the load evenly into the brick shaft. The conversion by architect Jan-Peter Witte cost over 206,000 euros, of which the Elmshorn monument foundation contributed 17,950 euros.