Wasserhebewerk Passek, Industrial pump building complex in Šilheřovice, Czech Republic

Wasserhebewerk Passek is a pump building complex in Šilheřovice, Czech Republic, consisting of several brick structures. The chimney with neo-Gothic decorative elements rises from the flat landscape and defines the appearance of the site.

The Rothschild family commissioned the pump station between 1862 and 1863 to secure the water supply for the nearby Julianka Tower. The facility was equipped with a steam engine and later replaced by more modern technology.

The name Patlovec, still used locally, comes from the nearby Paseky farm; the German name Passek refers to the same farmstead. The chimney's neo-Gothic decoration, with six rows of blind arches and a crenellated crown on sandstone corbels, shows that the Rothschilds' steam pump was built to look like a small castle.

The complex stands about 200 metres from the left bank of the Oder, 300 metres northeast of the Paseky farmstead and 400 metres south of the Polish border. The brick chimney is at the western corner, with the white-plastered former machine house to its east, now used as a garage. The south-western wing with the workshop and part of the boiler house has been demolished.

The chimney displays six rows of blind arches and circular windows, an unusual ornament for an industrial structure from the mid-19th century. Only a few such chimneys from this era have survived without major alterations.