Potsdam. Water towers are eye-catchers. In addition to the churches, these landmarks are among the tallest buildings in the cities of Brandenburg. They were once built to supply water to the city population.
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Today many of them are empty and falling into disrepair. The water towers are often listed buildings and some of them have been renovated at great expense in recent years.
The water tower in the city park of Wittenberge. The tower was empty for a long time, but in the future it will become part of the State Garden Show in 2027.
Source: Torsten Kaiser/City of Wittenberge
In some renovated monuments you can rent apartments. Holidays in the water tower are also offered. Other buildings are used for catering.
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What does it look like inside a water tower and what is it like to live there?
Holiday apartment in the Potsdam water tower at Sanssouci Park
The German-Spanish couple Katrin Wirth and Daniel Alonso González bought and renovated the tower at the Kaiserbahnhof near Potsdam’s Sanssouci Park ten years ago. The owner says she immediately fell in love with the tower. However, the renovation was sometimes complicated. “But it is normal to encounter obstacles during renovation,” explains architect Wirth.
Today the couple offers the converted apartment in the former water reservoir as a holiday apartment. You can live in elegant minimalism on six floors. There is also a roof terrace with a view of the New Palace – the owners had the tiled roof removed and put in an accessible flat roof.
The renovated water tower can now be rented as a holiday apartment.
Source: Katrin Wirth
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The kitchen unit was created on a circular floor plan.
Source: Katrin Wirth
The water tower in Potsdam was built at the beginning of the 20th century at the former Kaiserbahnhof in Potsdam. Since the development of the German railway network, water towers have been necessary at train stations. At first there were often just water tanks integrated into the station buildings.
Only later did they develop into independent towers that supplied water to fill up to ten locomotive tenders. The water tower in Sanssouci Park was used to fill the locomotives that stopped at the Kaiserbahnhof – the station itself is now a training center for Deutsche Bahn.
The living room is located in the former tank of the water tower.
Source: Katrin Wirth
The newly created roof terrace has a view of Sanssouci Park.
Those: Luca Girardini
Water tower in Nauen with already converted apartments is for sale
The real estate portal “Immoscout24” recently called for 650,000 euros for the Nauen water tower – but the ad is now offline. At the beginning of October, the commissioned broker Frank Reppe told MAZ: “There are already people with a strong interest in buying.” And they now seem to have snapped up the deal.
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The real estate agent, who specializes in monuments and special properties, reports that the water tower was sold in 2003 to a family who had the historic building completely renovated. Today there are two apartments on three floors in the tower. A total of 220 square meters of living space is available.
The water tower in the old town of Nauen is getting closer and closer to a new owner.
Source: Andreas Kaatz
Inside the water tower there are stairs and an elevator leading up.
What: Frank Reppe
The water tower in the old town of Nauen is a prime example of its kind: It was built in 1898 to secure the growing city’s water supply. By storing the water in a large elevated tank, gravity alone created a constant pressure throughout the city’s water network.
The outer walls reflect the curve of the tower. But every room also has right angles and straight walls – because the floors are divided. When the weather is clear, according to the seller, you can see as far as Berlin. There is an elevator.
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During the renovation, the real estate agent says, the entire top of the tower was removed – a new building was created on the tower shaft, so to speak.
The living room in the water tower in Nauen, which has been converted into an apartment, has a diameter of around ten meters.
What: Jeannette Hix
From the water tower in Nauen, which has been converted into an apartment, you have a wonderful view over the old town of Nauen.
What: Jeannette Hix
Water tower in Neustadt an der Dosse houses a restaurant
Right at the train station in Neustadt an der Dosse (Ostprignitz-Ruppin) you can eat in a massive brick water tower.
The restaurant has been run by Kathleen Krysmanski and her husband Danielo Marutschke for four years. According to the restaurateur, her business is doing well.
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The Bistro am Wasserturm opens in Neustadt on October 1st.
What: André Reichel
“During the week we are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offer lunch and freshly baked cakes,” explains Krysmanski. The water tower remains closed on weekends. The couple then takes care of catering for events – cooking takes place in the tower.
The octagonal solid brick building was built around 1900 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn. Like many other water towers at train stations, this one was also used to refuel steam locomotives.
The operators renovated the interior four years ago.
Source: Kathleen Krysmanski
The restaurant has been run by Kathleen Krysmanski and her husband Danielo Marutschke for four years.
Source: Kathleen Krysmanski
Niederlehme water tower as an extraordinary building
There is a proud colossus right on the Berliner Ring near Niederlehme (Dahme-Spreewald): a water tower made entirely of sand-lime brick – many drivers know the impressive building. However, the piece of jewelry is increasingly falling into disrepair. Stones keep coming loose from the cornice.
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The water tower was built in 1902 by the Berlin building contractor Robert Guthmann. The structure, which is 27 meters high, is modeled on the Byzantine Galata Tower in Istanbul with a conical roof. It supplied the town of Niederlehme with water until the 1960s.
The Niederlehm water tower on the motorway was built in 1904/1905 based on the model of the Galata Tower in Istanbul. It was built with sand-lime bricks made from low clay and is a listed building.
Source: Gerlinde Irmscher
The base of the water tower in Niederlehme with an ornamentally designed entrance.
Source: Oliver Fischer
After 1990 the tower was privately owned. In 2019, the city of Königs Wusterhausen acquired the water tower. There is currently no concrete usage concept.
Basically only the base of the tower is usable. There are windows in the upper area, but that is precisely why this part cannot be used: drivers on the A10, which runs directly next to it on a bridge, should not be blinded by light from the tower. In September, the CDU submitted a motion to the city council to review the use. According to a city spokeswoman, this application is still being discussed.
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