Wasserturm Bedingrade, Water tower in Bedingrade district, Essen, Germany

Wasserturm Bedingrade is a brick tower on a circular plan, 44.15 metres tall, tapering towards the top. Its shaft is divided by cornices and blind windows: round-arched openings in the middle section and pointed-arched ones above, ending in a pointed-arch frieze. The steel tank on top holds about one million litres.

Construction began on 20 October 1896 for the firm Thyssen, which needed water for its Gladbeck works; the tower was completed and commissioned in July 1897. Its builder was Hermann Koehne (1860–1937), a Frintrop-born contractor and community representative. A lightning strike damaged the boiler and interior on 12 May 1911, and the tower was listed as a monument on 12 October 1995.

The tower stands as a visible reminder of how essential water infrastructure was to Essen's industrial growth and the city's development. Visitors can see how engineering and practical necessity shaped this building into a landmark of the region.

The tower stands at Frintroper Straße 326 in Essen-Bedingrade, on the border with Frintrop. It is not open to the public, so the brick exterior and the blue wave-patterned steel tank are best viewed from the street. The tower is illuminated every evening with temperature-controlled LED lighting, making night visits worthwhile.

The tower is nicknamed "Frinti" and appears in the logo of the neighbouring Frintrop district's traders' association, even though the tower stands on Bedingrade ground. The LED lighting switched on 5 September 2019 in the presence of mayor Thomas Kufen and the builder's grandson; it is temperature-controlled and changes colour each evening.