The Amstetten water tower (1908) is a preserved example of Lower Austrian municipal infrastructure from the period when railway-junction towns expanded rapidly. Amstetten is in the Mostviertel region on the main Vienna-Salzburg rail line. Primarily of interest as an industrial heritage landmark rather than a primary destination. Exterior viewing free.
monument in Amstetten
Water tower
The water tower in Amstetten, built in 1908 for the town's municipal water supply, is one of several surviving examples of the late 19th and early 20th-century industrial infrastructure that Austrian towns built as they expanded from market towns into manufacturing and railway centers.
- Type
- monument
- Destination
- Amstetten
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Founded
- 1908
- Era
- Modern
- Address
- Eggersdorfer Strasse 27, 3300 Amstetten, 3300 Amstetten
- Coordinates
- 48.1200, 14.8797