Friedrichsborn wind pump

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Wind pump with keeper's house




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe




Friedrichsborn Windpumpe - Blick hinein

Address

Friedrichsborn wind pump

Parkstr. 44

59425 Unna

Telephone: 023039680520

Properties:

  • Parking spaces available
  • Bus stop available
  • free of charge / accessible at any time
  • Permanently closed
The biggest attraction and clearest sign of prehistory is the "windmill", with its keeper's cottage. Both are located at the end in the north-west of the park. It is actually a so-called wind pump for the permanent pumping of brine to the Gradierwerk. It served as a substitute for manual or animal power. It is therefore one of the few technical relics from the actual salt works operation.

What makes the spa park in Unna so special are the preserved relics of the original park, which once contained water features, statues, ponds, grottos and more. The small Monopteros, a white round temple, is particularly worth seeing. It stands near the Effertz and Grillo monuments in front of the salt office (Amtshaus) and boiling inspector's house. The buildings are currently used by the Gesellschaft für Wertstoff- und Abfallwirtschaft Kreis Unna (GWA).

Directions

By train, either Unna station or Königsborn station. By bike via the Industrial Heritage Route or the Westfälische Salzroute.