Lüneburg Water Tower

The Lüneburg Water Tower was built 1905-1907 in the southeast of Lüneburg's Old Town. The former water tower now serves as a lookout. The building stands today between the much younger Nordland Hall and serving as the main school old Johanneum.

The building was designed by architect Franz Krüger (1873-1936) planned, who planned among other things, the lodge house, two wings of the Museum of the Principality of Lüneburg and the prioress of the convent house Lüne. As a location, the line of the recently demolished medieval fortifications was chosen.

The 55 meter high tower, which today as the highest non- ecclesiastical building in the city center, consists of a square base with a height of 18 meters, and a round part that the high- walled container with a volume of 500 m³. The upper part is supported by 16 massive columns that should stabilize it, and at least once restocked. The rim of the base was intended from the outset as a viewing platform. The volume turned out quite soon as too short, in 1913 ranged from this stock only for a morning.

In the summer of 1986 the building was decommissioned and scrapped the technology contained therein, with the exception of the actual water tank. A planned demolition failed because of the cost, so that the building was finally declared a National Monument. This was within the population if the immense size - already the base towers over the adjoining school - not without controversy. Starting in 1997, the tower was renovated as part of the Expo 2000 and is available since June 2000 on the full amount as a lookout available. It is maintained by a sponsoring organization, which is funded by admission fees and rental of meeting rooms. The upper floors of the tower are partly furnished museum. In the event rooms on the lower floor in the temporary exhibitions and small concerts. Also the registry office of the city has an extension, so that weddings can take place in the water tower here.

The tower itself is now located on the grounds of the high school center, the school yard extends from the school building to the tower. Directly attached to the east side of the tower starts the car park of the North Country Hall, a little decorative functional buildings of the 1970s.