Wasserturm Bebra, Railway museum and water tower in Bebra, Germany.

Wasserturm Bebra is a water tower of the Klönne type completed in 1910 for the Prussian State Railways. Its conical masonry base carries a spherical steel Barkhausen tank of about 500 cubic metres, filled with service water drawn from the Fulda. A walkway rings the tank for maintenance access. Since 1988 the tower has housed a railway museum with a circular museum railway.

Bebra station passed to the Prussian State Railways on 1 April 1867, and steam traffic required a dedicated service-water supply. The Klönne-type tower was completed in 1910, drawing water from the Fulda into a spherical steel Barkhausen tank of about 500 cubic metres. The facility was overhauled in 1952 and served the railway until 1984; the city took it over in 1985 and finished restoring it in 1988.

The site reflects the dedication of local railway enthusiasts who have gathered memories and working equipment from trains and stations across generations. Visitors can see how dispatch centers and signal systems once coordinated the flow of trains through their daily operations.

The museum operates on limited days throughout the year, so checking opening times beforehand is essential before visiting. Most of the visit takes place outdoors around the trains and towers, so dressing for the weather is wise.

The tank on top is a spherical Barkhausen container of about 500 cubic metres, built to the Klönne system that engineer August Klönne developed from 1886 and his Dortmund firm Aug. Klönne produced from 1906. Its shape allowed rapid refilling from a pressure line. A walkway rings the steel tank for maintenance work.