Altenbergsteg
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′ 1 " N , 7 ° 26 ′ 55" E ; CH1903: 600753 / 199899
Altenbergsteg | ||
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Altenbergsteg in 2008 | ||
use | Pedestrian traffic | |
Convicted | Aare | |
place | Bern | |
Entertained by | Civil engineering office of the city of Bern - operation and maintenance | |
construction | Chain bridge | |
overall length | 57 m | |
width | 2.1 m | |
Number of openings | 1 | |
Load capacity | 200 kg / m² | |
building-costs | CHF 55,000 | |
opening | October 2, 1857 | |
construction time | 9 months | |
planner | Gustav Gränicher, Niklaus Riggenbach on behalf of the Olten workshop of the Swiss Central Railway |
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Above sea level | 500 m above sea level M. | |
A maximum of 200 people are allowed on the jetty at the same time |
The Altenbergsteg is a small suspension bridge for pedestrians over the Aare in the city of Bern . It connects the old town of Bern with Altenberg to the north .
history
Before the Chain Bridge was built in 1857, there was a wooden bridge with a customs house on the same site since 1834. Previously, the ferry, introduced in 1823, was used to cross the Aare. The footbridge is only a few meters laterally shifted below the - but much higher - Kornhausbrücke, which opened in 1898 .
The Altenbergsteg is one of the oldest suspension bridges and the only still existing chain bridge in Switzerland and a cultural asset of national importance , KGS no. 666.
Only for pedestrians
It is forbidden to cross the bridge with vehicles such as motorcycles or bicycles . In addition, jogging is prohibited on the footbridge, although it is part of the Allez Hop-Träff running course . Aare bathers use the footbridge upstream from the Lorraine open-air swimming pool to jump into the cool water of the Aare.
Impressions
Altenbergsteg over Aare under Kornhausbrücke
See also
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- PM, Guy Schneider (recordings 2001): BE 2413.0.1 Altenbergsteg. (PDF; 259 KB) IVS Documentation Canton Bern. In: Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland IVS. Federal Roads Office FEDRO, November 21, 2006, p. 3 , accessed on August 10, 2017 : "Importance national"
- sbo, Guy Schneider (photos 2001): BE 2413 Bern / Waisenhausplatz - Bern / Altenberg. (PDF; 343 KB) IVS Documentation Canton Bern. In: Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland IVS. Federal Roads Office FEDRO, November 2001, accessed on August 10, 2017 : "Importance national"
- Guy Schneider: Historic traffic routes in the canton of Bern BE. (PDF; 4.3 MB) Bernese bridges: diversity of materials and shapes. In: Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland IVS, canton booklets. Federal Roads Office FEDRO, 2003, p. 64, page 48 , accessed on 10 August 2017 .
Web links
- Altenbergsteg. In: Structurae
- Information on Altenbergsteg on g26.ch ( Memento from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Altenbergsteg in the interactive IVS - GIS of the federal government
- Official website of the ITS - Federal Office - on the website of the Federal Roads Office FEDRO
- The inventory of the historical traffic routes in Switzerland IVS - on the website of the Federal Roads Office FEDRO
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operation + maintenance. In: bern.ch. City administration of the city of Bern, accessed on January 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b PM, Guy Schneider (recordings 2001): BE 2413.0.1 Altenbergsteg. (PDF; 259 kB) ITS Documentation Canton Bern. In: Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland IVS. Federal Roads Office FEDRO, November 21, 2006, p. 3 , accessed on August 10, 2017 : "Importance national"
- ↑ a b c Werner Neuhaus: Heimat Today 2007 . Berner Heimatschutz Regionalgruppe Bern , 2007, p. 37–38 ( Online Archive [PDF; accessed on September 17, 2019] How the Bernese got to “their” train station 150 years ago).
- ↑ Allez Hop Parcours - Altenberg - Aare ( Memento from June 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at the Bern Sports Office (accessed on December 1, 2012)