Aqueduct at the Red Gate

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The aqueduct at the Red Gate as seen from the now dry Roten-Torwall-Graben
Inside the aqueduct
The section from the Kilianplan (1626) shows the aqueduct over the wide water-filled moat near the bastion on the Red Gate Wall.

The aqueduct at the Red Gate in Augsburg is a historic building and a monument to Augsburg's historic water management . It has a double function: on the lower floor, between the arches, it served as an aqueduct to transport river and drinking water over the moat of the defensive system into the city. On the upper floor it served as a viaduct bridge for people, animals and wagons across the moat to the Red Gate . It is the only surviving bridge over the moat that once ran around the city. Today the aqueduct is part of the ensemble at the Red Gate and is a monument .

history

The originally wooden aqueduct was replaced in 1777 by the Augsburg builder Johann Christian Singer with one made of bricks in the same place. The massive structure has six arches and is two-story. The water flow in the canal between the arches originally had a wooden partition to separate the process water flowing from the Lochbach on the left from the drinking water flowing from the Brunnenbach on the right . The water from the Brunnenbach was channeled through openings in the bastion by the Red Gate into the courtyard of the waterworks at the Red Gate . There it was pumped up into the water towers in order to supply the city's public wells and private households with the necessary pressure. Today the two brooks are united and all the water of the Lochbach flows past the upper fountain master house on the left . From here on his canal is called the Vorderer Lech .

The aqueduct has served as a backdrop for the open-air theater at the Red Gate since 1929 . As an area of ​​the open-air theater, the bridge is no longer accessible to the public and the Red Gate is no longer used as a gate; Today, access to the old town leads past the open-air stage on the left and the gate on the left.

In 2004 and 2005 the aqueduct and the bridge construction were extensively renovated by the city administration.

literature

  • Martin Kluger: Hydraulic engineering and hydropower, drinking water and fountain art in Augsburg . 1st edition. Context Verlag, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-939645-72-6 , p. 85 .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 33 "  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 11.8"  E