Wasserturm

The Wasserturm in Hochheim am Main stands in the northern part of the town centre, beside the Massenheimer Landstraße. Built in 1896 to plans by Heinrich Joseph Kullmann, an engineer born in Hochheim, it formed part of the new waterworks that ended reliance on local wells with poor water quality. The tower’s round brick shaft tapers upward and is decorated with sandstone bands; its neoclassical entrance arch is finely detailed.

After Hochheim switched in 1964 to the Riedquellen water supply, the tower was no longer needed and was shut down in 1966. The metal tank that crowned the shaft was removed in 1972, and the empty shell faced demolition until plans for a restaurant were approved in 1983. A new observation head replicating the tank’s shape was added in 1994, and the interior was renovated again in 2020 by a new operator.

Inside, the circular brick walls rise to a height of thirty-one metres, with a gallery reached by a spiral staircase. The restaurant occupies the lower floors, offering views across the Main-Taunus landscape through tall windows. Outside, the tower sits among municipal buildings such as the Heinrich-von-Brentano-Schule and the Richard-Basting-Sportanlage, while new housing and park projects are planned nearby.