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Status
  
Heavily damaged

Location
  
Vukovar, Croatia

Floor area
  
2200 m3 water

Opened
  
1968

Type
  
Water tower

Completed
  
1968

Height
  
50 m

Architect
  
Plan d.o.o

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Main contractor
  
Hidrotehna Zagreb d.o.o.

Similar
  
Vučedol Culture Museum, Vuka, Ovcara Memorial Center, Eltz Manor, Memorijalni centar Domovin

Vukovar water tower (Croatian: Vukovarski vodotoranj) is a water tower in the Croatian city of Vukovar. It is one of the most famous symbols of Vukovar and the suffering of the city and the country in the Battle of Vukovar and the Croatian War of Independence, when the water tower and the city itself were largely destroyed by the Serbian forces.

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History

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The water tower was designed by the company Plan and built by Hidrotehna Zagreb, in the late 1960s. It was built in a city park, popularly known as Najpar-bašća, in the district of Mitnica.

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Until the war, the top of the tower was home to a restaurant with a view over Vukovar, Dunav and surrounding vineyards.

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During the Battle of Vukovar, the water tower was one of the most frequent targets of artillery. It was hit more than 600 times during the siege.

Future

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After the reintegration of Vukovar into the Republic of Croatia, reconstruction of the water tower was initiated by Croatian President Franjo Tuđman, but that has since changed. The water tower will not be restored to its original state and will instead become a memorial area to the pain and suffering that Vukovar endured.

References

Vukovar water tower Wikipedia