Nursery Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 32 " N , 13 ° 28 ′ 45" E
| Nursery Bridge | ||
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | Baumschulenstrasse and a riverside path | |
| Crossing of | Britzer connection channel | |
| place | Berlin-Baumschulenweg | |
| construction | iron truss bridge | |
| overall length | approx. 49 m | |
| width | 14 m, including 2 × 2 m by foot | |
| Longest span | 22.48 | |
| Clear height | 4.81 m | |
| completion | 1904; 1994–1996 totally renewed | |
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The Baumschulenbrücke leads Baumschulenstrasse in the district of Berlin-Baumschulenweg 45 degrees diagonally over the Britzer connecting canal (formerly Britzer Zweigkanal ) at canal kilometer 29.82. The building, an iron framework construction, is a replacement for the bridge built in 1904 and - based on the historical model - was rebuilt in 1995/96. The original bridge was partially destroyed by German troops in the Battle of Berlin in 1945 and was only temporarily repaired later. Together with the access ramps, it also spans several allotment gardens on both sides of the canal.
History, naming and construction details
The bridge was named after the Baumschulenstrasse leading over it , which in turn owes its name to the large nurseries located here at the beginning of the 20th century, such as the Späthsche Baumschule .
As a result of the construction of the navigable canal (between 1900 and 1906) the first tree nursery bridge of the same name was built in 1904. This was a relatively unadorned iron truss bridge resting on land abutments and pillars in the middle of the canal with a roadway board below. At the end of the Second World War, it was made unusable by explosions and could not be used at first.
Since at the end of April 1945 the nearby Britzer Allee bridge (later in the western sector) and the Südostallee bridge were destroyed by German troops over the Britzer connecting canal (at that time the Britzer branch canal ) in addition to the tree nursery bridge , the East Berlin magistrate in charge had to improve the supply of the In the quasi-cut off district, first of all temporarily renovate the nursery bridge. By 1950 the remaining part of the bridge was lifted and a new wooden pillar was added (see photo on the left). Later, in the 1950s, it was opened to traffic as a (partial) beam bridge with wooden planks. The Ikarus bus line No. 47 operated by BVB (East) ran over this bridge until after the merger with BVG (West) in 1992 and corresponds to the current bus line 245.
After the construction of the Berlin Wall , which ran west of the bridge on the canal from August 1961 , passenger shipping, swimming and fishing from the tree nursery bridge to the border line were banned. (In practice, the prohibitions were extended to the nearby, northeastern Oberspree and controlled by the water police; that is, whoever angled or bathed had to be careful.) On the other hand, there was continued and increased freight traffic from push boats from the beginning of the 1970s with one or more push barges from the east to supply West Berlin with coal, gravel, etc. Since the control measures (after the ships had been announced by means of a horn ) began within sight west of the bridge, the bridge railings were fitted with an approx. Three meter high privacy screen made of yellow corrugated plastic to keep curious glances away. The privacy screen was only dismantled after the fall of the Berlin Wall .
From 1991/1992 the old bridge was re-connected to the road sections on both sides and served road traffic until 1994, when it urgently had to be repaired. During the renovation work, one lane could be used, for the other direction the Senate Department for Urban Development had planned a temporary steel bridge - the current Britzer-Allee bridge - and a bypass route for heavy trucks via Forsthausallee, Neuköllniche Allee. Britzer Allee designated.
The restoration of the bridge was carried out by the engineering company Gregull und Spang largely according to the historical model. The 9.2 meter wide driveway is delimited by the nine-part, now beige-colored iron framework. The two-meter-wide footpaths are designed as cantilever arms and are separated from the water by a fire-red grid ; rhythmically structured with massive, art-forged sepals and medallions.
Usage and Neighbor
In addition to pedestrian, bicycle and car traffic, the two bus routes 170 and 245 run over the tree nursery bridge. Together with the access ramps, it also spans several allotment gardens on both sides of the canal. At the end of Baumschulenstrasse, in the southern area of the bridge, there is the listed Späth-Arboretum belonging to the Humboldt University , to the east of it is the Königsheide nature reserve . A part of the Baumschulenbrücke / Forsthausallee is designated as an official dog exercise area.
literature
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Klaus Marxen , Gerhard Werle : acts of violence on the German-German border, part 1. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 978-3-89949-006-0
(report on the 1989 attempted escape from the republic by Chris Gueffroy and Christian Gaudian on the Britzer branch canal near the nursery bridge)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b WSA Berlin (PDF; 287 kB)
- ^ History of the KGA Mariengrund below the bridge , accessed on July 3, 2020.
- ↑ Order on border waters here § 27, 5d; accessed July 3, 2020
- ↑ Steffi Bey: Fear of Späth's trees. Environmentalists fear the destruction of Britzer Allee . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 2, 1994
- ↑ Arboretum Späthstrasse
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
