Wasserturm Eschersheim

Wasserturm Eschersheim stands in Frankfurt as a neo-Baroque water tower built in 1901. Its conical shaft rises beneath a cylindrical upper section and a prominent corbelled cornice. A two-storey, polygonal slate-clad structure encloses the iron tank above the tower. The roof forms a polygonal mansard with dormers, while a northern ornamental bay carries a tall, pointed spire.

The tower belonged to Eschersheim’s first waterworks and held 300,000 litres. Its tank supplied the area until Eschersheim became part of Frankfurt in 1910. Central management then replaced the local water supply, while open land around the tower became a residential settlement in the 1920s. Walter Gropius designed that surrounding development, and the tower largely survived Frankfurt’s Second World War air raids.

Since 2003, the interior has served as a meeting place for the Catholic German Student Association Moeno-Franconia Frankfurt am Main. Public access occurs occasionally, usually once or twice a year. The northern spire marks the small stair or ladder passage that climbs beside the tank towards the roof.