Anna Ebert Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 37 ″ N , 11 ° 39 ′ 7 ″ E
| Anna Ebert Bridge | ||
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Subjugated | Old Elbe | |
| place | Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 216.14 m | |
| width | 11.55 m | |
| Number of openings | 11 | |
| Clear width | 14.21 m | |
| start of building | 1880 | |
| opening | 1882 | |
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The Anna-Ebert-Brücke is a road bridge over the Old Elbe in Magdeburg .
The naming after especially in Cracau active KPD -Politikerin Anna Ebert (1889-1947) took place in 1951. Previously called the bridge Long bridge .
location
It connects the districts of Werder and Brückfeld to the east of Neuer Strombrücke and Zollbrücke . The bridge is part of the connection from Magdeburg's old town to the east, which was already significant in historical times .
history
There were bridges in this area to cross the Elbe and its tributaries early on . The construction of a long bridge was mentioned as early as 1422 . Coming from Werder, the bridge first crossed what was then the Middle Elbe , led over the Commandantenwerder , then spanned the Old Elbe to the eastern bank of the Elbe, on which the Friedrichstadt, today's Brückfeld, later emerged. At the beginning of the 19th century , the Long Bridge was described as resting on 16 wooden pillars and one stone pillar. Her length was 356 paces. When the tide is low, the remains of the piles can still be seen next to the current bridge.
The construction of the current bridge structure began in 1880 and was carried out almost simultaneously with the construction of the toll bridge. The inauguration of both bridges, which together cost one million marks, took place in 1882. Both bridges were provided with devices to be able to carry out a short-term demolition in the event of war. These devices were apparently equipped with TNT during the Second World War so that the bridge could be blown up if the Allies advanced. Around 140 kilograms were found by September 2016. Another search for any explosives that may still be present should be carried out from the beginning of October 2016.
The ornate bridge was designed in the Renaissance style by Emil Hundrieser and Ernst Habs . Various figures and obelisks adorned the bridge. In addition to images of the signs of the zodiac , the coats of arms of German countries were also visible on the bridge . The figure decoration was u. a. created by Ernst Habs.
The Anna-Ebert-Brücke is currently in poor condition, since March 2012 there has been a speed limit of 30 km / h for motor vehicles and walking speed for trams . During the floods in 2013 , the bridge was closed to tram traffic for two and a half weeks, the railways used the north bridge train.
The structure is to be relieved by a neighboring replacement building, a single-hip cable - stayed bridge with a main span of 164 meters and a pylon around 55 meters high.
architecture
The total length of the bridge, which consists of eleven even arches with clear widths of 14.21 m, is 216.14 m, the center distance between the land pillars 191.11 m. The standard pillars are 2.40 m thick, the group pillars 4.40 m. The bridge width between the railings is 11.55 m. The circular segment arches consist of clinker masonry in cement mortar, the end walls have a sandstone facing . Most of the figurative decorations that were originally erected have not been preserved or are very badly weathered . The last northern bridge pillar on the Brückfelder side is crowned by a large stone lion bearing a coat of arms. The stone railing initially corresponding to the character of the bridge is no longer available and has been replaced by a functional steel railing.
literature
- Bernd Gottschalk: You have to walk over a hundred bridges ... Magdeburg 2004.
- Katja Sölling: Lange Brücke became the Anna-Ebert-Brücke in 1951. In: Magdeburger Volksstimme from August 4, 2006
- Gerhard Setzpfandt: Anna-Ebert-Brücke Magdeburg. In: Stone bridges in Germany. Verlag Bau + Technik, 1999, ISBN 3-7640-0389-8 , pp. 110-113.
- Sabine Ullrich: Magdeburg - architecture and urban development. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 , p. 106.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Remnants of World War II: 40 kilos of TNT discovered in Magdeburg Bridge. In: Spiegel Online . September 23, 2016, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.volksstimme.de/nachrichten/magdeburg/774049_Tempo-30-ab-heute-auf-der-Ebert-Bruecke.html Magdeburger Volksstimme, "Tempo 30" from today on the Anna-Ebert-Brücke
- ^ Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe, flood situation - closure of the Anna-Ebert-Brücke ( Memento from June 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )