Wasserturm, Water tower in Munich, Germany.
Wasserturm is a protected water tower in Munich-Moosach, built for the former Gaswerk Moosach of the Stadtwerke München. It has a square base topped by an octagonal structure with a tented roof, and clock faces are mounted on its sides. Architects Robert Rehlen and Hans Ries designed it in the Reductionist style; Dyckerhoff and Widmann erected it in concrete between 1906 and 1907.
The tower was designed in 1906 by architects Robert Rehlen and Hans Ries in the Reductionist style and built between 1906 and 1907 by Dyckerhoff and Widmann in concrete. It belonged to the former Moosach gasworks of Stadtwerke München, serving that industrial site rather than the city's drinking water supply.
The tower embodies Reform Architecture principles, merging industrial practicality with structural elements that showcase early 20th-century engineering ideals. This blend of function and aesthetics reflects how people of that era viewed infrastructure as something that could be both useful and well-designed.
The tower stands on Emmy-Noether-Straße in Moosach, on the grounds of the former Gaswerk Moosach. It is a protected monument, so the interior is not open for tours; visitors see the square base, octagonal upper section and clock faces from the street.
The tower's sides carry the faces of a tower clock, a feature not mentioned in most descriptions. It was designed in 1906 by Robert Rehlen and Hans Ries in the Reductionist style and built by Dyckerhoff and Widmann in concrete between 1906 and 1907.
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