Wasserturm, Water tower in Luzenberg district, Mannheim, Germany.
Wasserturm Mannheim-Luzenberg is a 52-meter-tall structure built with two-layered masonry and decorated windows running up its shaft, topped by a copper-covered roof. The water reservoir sat 38.85 meters above ground and held 2000 cubic meters to regulate pressure throughout the city network.
This second municipal water tower in Mannheim was built between 1906 and 1909 and supplied the city with steady water pressure until 1976. Between 1912 and 1914, two school buildings designed by Richard Perrey were added, transforming the site.
The tower's exterior is articulated by decorative windows along its shaft, and the two school buildings added in 1912–1914 to Richard Perrey's plans turn the site into a combined tower-and-school complex. The waterworks extension in Käfertal (1906–1911) supplied the water the tower regulated.
The Luzenberg area offers easy access to the site, which sits within a school complex and is reachable on foot. Visitors should check ahead to see if the courtyard or specific areas are open to the public, as the grounds are primarily used by schools.
The tower's masonry is two-layered: the visible outer wall carries only the reservoir cladding and roof, while the water tank rests on a conical inner shell. The 2000-cubic-metre Intze I tank, 11.16 metres tall and 16 metres across, stood 38.85 metres above the ground floor, or 137.1 metres above sea level.
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