Water tower Belvedere Photo: Water tower Belvedere

Water tower Belvedere is included in the list of attractions of the city of Aachen as a monument that represents a typical construction technology, the inherent period of the 50-ies of the 20th century, since 1990. The Belvedere tower is 35 metres high and 21 metres in diameter, to get up the tower via Elevator or on foot, up by 173 steps.

This monument has an interesting history, as its purpose had been a few times will change over the relatively short period of existence of the tower. It was originally built in 1956 by architect William Fisher hill Lousberg to ensure that residential neighborhoods West of Aachen water. But since 1970, the tower has become very popular thanks to a rotating restaurant on the fourth floor of the tower, which had the same access to the external platform. The lower floors of the tower began to rent out as offices. In 1988, the function of the city's water supply was completely stopped.

In 1990 the restaurant on a rotating platform of the tower was closed and 15 years later, after the repair and sanitary works in the tower, in 2005 it opened a cafe "Drehcafé" (literally "rotating café"). But it was closed in 2011. In October 2011 the tower was bought by German entrepreneurs Manned dick and Carlo Blatz who had the office of his media Agency in the building of the tower. In 2012, they reopened in the tower of the Belvedere restaurant with a Brasserie and an outside terrace.

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