Water tower in Szeged, Water tower in Szent István Square, Szeged, Hungary.

The water tower in Szeged is a cylindrical concrete structure that rises prominently into the skyline and houses a large water storage tank. The building combines functional design with artistic elements and offers views that reflect the city's urban layout.

Szeged announced a competition in April 1903 for a 1,000-cubic-metre tower; Szilárd Zielinski and his colleague Zsigmond Jemnitz won with a reinforced-concrete design, the second such tower in Hungary. Freund Henrik és Fiai built it, with an Art Nouveau facade by Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl. A February 1904 flood of Szent István tér damaged the foundations, and the tank was first filled on 26 November 1904.

The facade's Secessionist appearance was designed by Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl, the architects behind several of Szeged's public buildings. The tower stands on Szent István tér, the square flooded in February 1904 when water covered the construction pit. Its industrial function is still visible in the cylindrical tank ringed by a 90 cm insulating corridor.

The tower stands on Szent István tér, a low-lying square that flooded in February 1904 when rainwater covered the construction pit with 900 cubic metres of water and mud. The square was fully rehabilitated during the 2005–2006 reconstruction, so the tower can be viewed from the redesigned public space around it.

The tower's 1,000-cubic-metre tank is ringed by a 90 cm wide insulated corridor, and its wall is 10 cm thick at the rim and 15 cm at the base. The whole structure, flagpole included, measures 54.9 m, with foundations 2.9 m below ground.