Admiral Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 '43 " N , 13 ° 24' 55" E
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| use | Road traffic (restricted) | |
| Convicted | Admiralstrasse to Grimmstrasse | |
| Crossing of | Landwehr Canal | |
| place | Berlin-Kreuzberg | |
| construction | riveted iron arch bridge | |
| overall length | approx. 33 m | |
| width | 19.50 m, including 2 × 4.6 m on foot | |
| Longest span | 19 m | |
| Clear height | 4.35 | |
| start of building | 1880 | |
| completion | 1882 | |
| planner | Georg Pinkenburg | |
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The Admiralbrücke is a road bridge in Berlin-Kreuzberg that spans the Landwehr Canal at canal kilometer 7.70 between Fraenkelufer and Planufer. The building was erected between 1880 and 1882, reinforced in the 1930s, renovated in 1984 and is a listed building .
history
A first wooden bascule bridge was used to cross the later Landwehr Canal at this point, it was named Badbrücke .
The present bridge was built 1880-1882 as a wrought iron arch bridge to plans by the civil engineer George Pinkenburg , who as municipal construction officer, Mr rank of a city building inspector in charge of the urban bridge office. Today it is the oldest iron bridge over the Landwehr Canal, and it got its name from the Admiralstrasse that runs over it . The truss bridge with arches underneath the road was reinforced in 1933/34 and renovated in 1984. The bridge slab running over the parallel girders was paved with small paving stones . Directly parallel to the Admiral Bridge, an arched supply line runs across the canal, which can be inspected and maintained via a wooden staircase.
Bridge jewelry
The originally preserved wrought iron bridge railing was decorated with two rows of leaf ornaments. The name of the bridge was incorporated into a narrow railing field on both sides of the top of the structure as a cast iron relief. The metal parts come from the renowned blacksmith's workshop of Eduard Puls .
The promenade is connected with a wrought iron grille and tendril ornaments at the same height. On the other sides of the bridge, the metal railing is bordered by a curved stone border towards the street. There is also a two-armed candelabra in historical form on the top of the bridge and simple iron lanterns provide light at the two ends of the bridge. Some of the small balls on the handrail of the railing have a smiley face with just a few strokes .
Special uses
The viability and stability of the bridge were full utilization by the road to. In the years from its completion to around 1921, a tram line also ran over the Admiralbrücke, which was then diverted through Graefestrasse and Böckhstrasse and the neighboring Kottbusser Brücke . Because of the residential buildings that came close to the bridge and the banks, the district administration closed this bridge to through traffic in the 1990s. In recent years, the Admiralbrücke has been the place for protest meetings by committed conservationists who, with a collection of signatures from more than 25,000 supporters, prevented tree felling on the banks of the Landwehr Canal.
The Admiralbrücke has also developed into a popular evening meeting place, which is even mentioned in travel guides . Local residents and tourists meet here on mild, dry evenings and consume drinks they have brought with them, and street musicians occasionally play . The scene meeting is also called bottle party by the participants from all over the world . Other residents complained to the responsible district office about the noise pollution and founded an initiative for those affected. Proposals for solutions were sought together, including reopening the bridge to car traffic. In the summer of 2009, all those involved found a compromise in a residents' meeting, which provides for maintaining the restricted-traffic zone, but imposing some restrictions on the party guests. If the often hundreds of visitors to the bridge do not adhere to the guidelines, the stressed residents sometimes call the police for help. A curfew has been in effect for celebrating on the bridge since 2010: from 10 p.m., police officers ask those present to leave the bridge and then stay nearby to prevent the celebrants from returning.
Late in the evening on December 2, 2007, a young mother gave birth to a baby directly on this bridge because she could no longer make it to the nearby Urbank Hospital ; a policewoman stood by her side.
In May 2008, the exhibition “The Jewish Voice” took place directly on the Admiral Bridge with several picture-text panels designed against the building of the Wall in Palestine .
Literature / media
- Kreuzberg nights start very slowly. - A film by Grit Lederer about the hot spot on the Admiralbrücke, shot on behalf of the rbb and broadcast for the first time on December 29, 2007.
Web links
- Brief information about the Admiralbrücke on a private website
- The Admiralbrücke on Luise-Berlin
- 360 degree panorama of the Admiralbrücke
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument Admiralbrücke
- ↑ Eduard Puls, Hermann Rückwardt: Wrought-iron decoration of the bath bridge, Berlin. in the holdings of the Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin , accessed on February 16, 2020.
- ↑ Caro: Friendly railing of the Admiralbrücke. In: TAZ-Online / Blog. the daily newspaper , July 28, 2007, accessed on January 5, 2010 .
- ↑ Map section Grimmstrasse, Admiralstrasse on old Berlin city maps ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Groß: Bridge days in Berlin . Celebrations outdoors . In: Die Zeit , No. 22/2009.
- ↑ Website of the residents Initiative Admiral neighborhood on the situation around the bridge
- ↑ Annette Kögel: Admiralbrücke: Do you prefer through traffic as party people? In: Der Tagesspiegel , April 23, 2009.
- ↑ Werner Kurzlechner: The party goes on. Kreuzberger Admiralbrücke remains cozy. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 24, 2009, accessed January 5, 2010 .
- ↑ Police break up party on Admiralbrücke . In: BZ , July 29, 2009; Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ↑ Local residents: remove Admiralbrücke from travel guides! tagesspiegel.de, September 2010; Retrieved February 26, 2011
- ↑ Admiralbrücke is acquitted . tagesspiegel.de, April 8, 2011; Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ↑ The Advent Baby from the Admiral Bridge . In: BZ , December 3, 2007; Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ Exhibition: Worldwide protest against the building of the wall in Palestine. Practical advice on using the exhibition. Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East , archived from the original on March 2, 2011 ; accessed on October 30, 2010 (website for the exhibition on May 15, 2008 at the Admiralbrücke in Berlin-Kreuzberg).
