List of medieval stone bridges in Germany
This list of medieval stone bridges in Germany includes bridges that were built during the Middle Ages (between c. 500 and 1500 AD) on the territory of the present Federal Republic of Germany.
Table of medieval stone bridges
Location | State | Name | River crossed | Built (or first mentioned) | Remarks | Photo |
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Bad Kreuznach | Rhineland-Palatinate | Old Nahe Bridge | Nahe | 1300 (around), first mentioned in 1322 | ||
Bamberg | Bavaria | Upper Bridge | Regnitz | On the bridge stands the Altes Rathaus, first mentioned in 1387 | ||
Bingen am Rhein | Rhineland-Palatinate | Drusus Bridge | Nahe | 1000 11th century | Replaced in 1772 and 1952 | |
Creuzburg | Thuringia | Werra Bridge | Werra | 1223 | ||
Dresden | Saxony | on the site of the present-day Augustus Bridge | Elbe | 1173–1222 | Stone bridge destroyed in 1342 by St. Mary Magdalene's flood. New bridge built in 1344. Augustus Bridge built in 1727–1731 . New bridge built in 1907. | |
Erfurt | Thuringia | Krämer Bridge | Breitstrom, a side arm of the Gera | 1325 | ||
Esslingen | Baden-Württemberg | Outer or Pliensau Bridge and Inner Bridge | Neckar | 1213 to 1259 built,[1] first mentioned in 1286 | c.||
Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | Old Bridge | Main | 1276 Mentioned for the first time in 1276 as a stone bridge | Destroyed at least 18 times and replaced; demolished in 1914 | |
Hadamar | Hesse | Stone Bridge | Elbbach | 1571 again built | Parts of the bridge date to the 12th century, after a flood in 1555 the bridge was rebuilt by 1571. | |
Hadamar | Hesse | St. Wendelin Bridge | Elbbach | 110012th century | The bridge was modified several times | |
Hann. Münden | Lower Saxony | Old Werra Bridge | Werra | 1329 First mentioned in 1329 | ||
Harburg | Bavaria | Old Bridge | Wörnitz | |||
Heidelberg | Baden-Württemberg | Old Bridge | Neckar | 1284 | Today: new bridge from 1788 | |
Hildesheim | Lower Saxony | Dammtor Bridge | Innerste | 1159 or soon thereafter | Builder: Rainald von Dassel[2] | |
Jena | Thuringia | Camsdorf Bridge | Saale | 140015th century | Demolished in 1912, new bridge built 1913, blown up in 1945, rebuilt in 1946. | |
Jena-Burgau | Thuringia | Burgau Bridge, also Old Saale Bridge | Saale | 1491–1544 | On the site of a wooden bridge first mentioned in 1484, rebuilt in 1706, several modifications up to 1744, blown up in 1945, rebuilt again from 2001-2004. | |
Koblenz | Rhineland-Palatinate | Balduin Bridge | Mosel | 1342/1343 | c.On the site of a Roman Bridge (3rd to 5th centuries), several conversions to 1884, blown up in 1945, rebuilt in 1949, modified as part of the canalisation of the Moselle in 1964, restoration in 1975. | |
Limburg an der Lahn | Hesse | Old Lahn Bridge | Lahn | 1315–1354 | First mention of a wooden bridge in 1248 | |
Marburg | Hesse | Weidenhäuser Bridge | Lahn | 1250 | c.||
Plauen | Saxony | Old Elster Bridge | White Elster | 1244 First mentioned in 1244 | ||
Quedlinburg | Saxony-Anhalt | Stone Bridge | Mühlgraben, a branch of the Bode | 1229 first recorded mention as the lapideus pons | Already built by 1310, 23 round arches over 103 metres[3] | |
Regensburg | Bavaria | Stone Bridge | Danube | 1135 Built 1135 to 1146 (probably), completed 1147 at the latest | ||
Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Bavaria | Tauber Bridge | Tauber | 1330 | c.||
Runkel | Hesse | Lahn Bridge, Runkel | Lahn | 1440–1448 | ||
Schwäbisch Hall | Baden-Württemberg | Henkers Bridge, also Kocher Bridge | Kocher | 1502 | Built on the stone support of a wooden bridge of 1343 | |
Streithausen-Marienstatt Abbey | Rhineland-Palatinate | Stone bridge | Nister | |||
Vacha | Thuringia | Werra Bridge, also Bridge of Unity (Brücke der Einheit) | Werra | 1346 | ||
Walting-Pfünz | Bavaria | Altmühl Bridge, Pfünz | Altmühl | 1486 First mentioned in 1486 | Blown up in 1800, rebuilt again in the 19th century | |
Wetzlar | Hesse | Old Lahn Bridge | Lahn | 1250-1280 (suspected) | ||
Weilburg | Hesse | Stone Bridge | Lahn | 1359 | Present bridge dates to 1769, the fourth stone arch bridge on this spot | |
Würzburg | Bavaria | Old Main Bridge | Main | 1120 | c.Destroyed in 1342 by St. Mary Magdalene's flood. New bridge from 1476 | |
Ochsenfurt | Bavaria | Old Main Bridge in Ochsenfurt | Main | 1519 | More recent historic research has revealed that it was on a par with the Old Main Bridge in Würzburg and the stone bridge in Regensburg. | |
Kitzingen | Bavaria | Old Main Bridge in Kitzingen | Main | 130014th century | ||
References and footnotes
- ↑ "Beschreibung and Baugeschichte der Neckar Bridge bei Esslingen - Pliensau Bridge or Outer Bridge". Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ↑ Hans Goetting, The Bistümer, 1973, S. 391
- ↑ Brinkmann, Adolf: Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- and Kunstdenkmäler des kreises Stadt Quedlinburg. Magdeburg 1923, p. 159 f.
See also
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