In a flat country like the Upper Rhine Valley water towers were needed to supply water to the houses of a town or a village. Nowadays, many of these towers have been converted to offices or to living quarters. Either way, one needs windows.
And I left the most ornate, actually a landmark of Mannheim, to the last.
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The old structures are beautiful and specially the third one.
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Ooh, I like these. Especially the last one.
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Yes, the Mannheim one is relatively well known. It’s surrounded by a small park with fountains with many sculptures. It’s also a hub for various public transport lines.
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Great finds Elke!
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They are all over the place (almost every town or even village in the Upper Rhine Valley has one). Thanks for visiting.
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It makes for a good old town vibe.
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Fabulous Elke. Strassenheim is rather cute
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It’s a small village, almost a hamlet with currently around 160 inhabitants. They became part of Mannheim in 1930 so they build the water tower before and couldn’t afford anything fancy.
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Those would make wonderful offices, with great views. Now the questions: Did they always have windows? Where does the water come from now?
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Yes, they always had windows. If I understand correctly, the “water master” or whatever his title was, lived there (no lifts, that was a drawback). Water these days comes from the purification plants and of course, they have pumps.
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Good ones, Elke 🙂. The Mannheim water-tower – I know very well 😀. Thanks for sharing with Monday Window!
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Thanks for dropping by and I appreciate your comment.
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