Bridges in Timisoara
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The fourteen bridges in Timișoara connect the right, northern bank with the left bank of the Bega in the western Romanian city of Timișoara . The Timișoaras Regional Roads and Bridges Directorate is responsible for the city's bridges .
history
The city's bridges were first mentioned in the 14th century under Charles I of Hungary . The bridges of the "Castrum Temesiensis" were described in 1660 by the Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi as "... the lifelines of the city that lies like a turtle in the water". During the Ottoman occupation, the gates of the city were provided with movable wooden bridges, which went up in flames when Eugene of Savoy captured the Temeschburg fortress in October 1716. In 1718, Matthäus Seutter noted on his city map a "... large Brugg of 500 Ruthen over the Möräst".
After 1718 Claudius Florimund Mercy had the Bega dammed and canalised by the Dutch hydraulic engineer Max Fremut by straightening the river . In 1723 work began on the Timisoara fortress, which redesigned the medieval fortress in the Vauban style , which was modern at the time, until 1765. Each of the three gates was provided with a folding bridge , which was pulled in at night. These bridges lasted until 1891.
The city's first metal bridges were built in 1870 and 1871 on the initiative of Mayor János Török . The elaborately constructed Bem-híd was opened as the very first steel bridge over the Bega. From September 29, 1871, the horse-drawn tram that had been introduced two years earlier ran over it . A little later, 71 bridges spanned the maze of canals of the Bega, five of them metal bridges , nine stone bridges , and 57 wooden bridges . The Bega Canal had several arms in what is now the Fabric district , on which eight water mills were in operation until 1880 . At that time there were numerous bridges here with names such as the bridge at the house with the clover leaf , the bridge "Zum Husaren" , the bridge with the yokes and the bridge of the hanged man .
To make better use of hydropower , the city council decided in 1902 to build a hydropower plant and to close the water mills at the same time. The systematisation plan from 1901–1903 by the architect László Székely provided for the straightening of the Bega over a length of 2.4 kilometers. Three new bridges named Podul Decebal (1908), Podul Mihai Viteazul (1909) and Podul Dacilor (1909) were built on this stretch . This was followed by Podul Mitropolit Andrei aguna in 1914 , Podul Traian in 1916 and Podul Eroilor in 1938 .
description
Pasarela de la Uzina Hidroelectrica
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Pasarela de la Uzina Hidroelectrica
0.14 km from the Timișoara hydropower plant , from east to west 45 ° 45 '31 " N , 21 ° 15' 48.8" O pedestrian |
Podul Mihai Viteazul
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0.52 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 45 ′ 35.8 ″ N , 21 ° 15 ′ 31.8 ″ E Motorized private transport, tram |
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Podul Mihai Viteazul from 1909 was furnished with four towers on which stone reliefs were attached. These reliefs show a female figure with the seal of the city, a miller with a sack of flour, a tanner working on a hide, and a worker loading a boat . Work on the bridge took place in 1981, with the reliefs being moved to the ends of the bridge. It was named after the Romanian national hero Mihai Viteazul .
Podul Dacilor
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1.4 km from the hydropower station, from east to west 45 ° 45 ′ 35.8 ″ N , 21 ° 15 ′ 31.8 ″ E Motorized private transport, tram |
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Podul Dacilor was built in 1909 and repaired in 1989.
Podul Decebal
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2.21 km from the hydropower station, from east to west 45 ° 45 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 21 ° 14 ′ 26.9 ″ E Motorized private transport, tram |
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Podul Decebal from 1908 connects the districts of Cetate and Fabric . The bridge is located on Baia Publică Neptun ( German Neptunbad ) and Parcul Poporului ( German Volkspark ) and is considered one of the most beautiful bridges in the city. It was named after the Dacer king Decebalus .
Pasarela dintre Parcuri
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2.40 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 45 ′ 19.5 ″ N , 21 ° 14 ′ 23.4 ″ E pedestrians |
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Pasarela dintre Parcuri was built in 1926 on the site of a wooden footbridge from 1910.
Podul Michelangelo
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3.02 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west |
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Podul Michelangelo was built in 1970 and is the youngest and widest bridge in the city. In the 1940s there was still a wooden bridge at this point, and in 1964 the city administration decided to build a new one. It was named after the Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet Michelangelo .
Podul Mitropolit Andrei Șaguna
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3.78 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 55.3 ″ N , 21 ° 13 ′ 32.3 ″ E Motorized individual transport, trolleybus |
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Work on Podul Mitropolit Andrei Șaguna at the end of Bulevardul Mihai Viteazu towards the Elisabetin district began in 1913 on the site of an old wooden bridge that had been in operation since 1718 and strengthened in 1898. It was supposed to be designed particularly magnificently, so the Prague Charles Bridge served here on a smaller scale as a model for the new bridge, which for the traffic conditions at the time was an impressive 10 meters wide.
The four pillars towering over the bridgeheads were to be provided with the statues of four Csanád bishops , above all Saint Gérard , founder of the diocese. However, the plan was not carried out because of the First World War ; the bridge was completed, but the pedestals remained empty.
Podul Traian
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4.16 km from the hydropower station, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 59 ″ N , 21 ° 13 ′ 15.3 ″ E Motorized private transport, tram |
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The current concrete bridge Podul Traian from 1917 replaced the old steel bridge from 1871–72, which was reinforced in 1898 in the course of the upcoming electrification of the tram. It was named after the Roman emperor Trajan .
Podul de Fier
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4.70 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 56.6 ″ N , 21 ° 12 ′ 52.5 ″ E pedestrians |
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Podul de Fier was built in 1917 on the site of a former ferry connection . When it was built, the metal structure of the former Hunyadi híd bridge , which had been dismantled 500 meters upstream, was reused. This resulted in costs of 70,000 Austrian crowns . Due to the re-use, the bridge at its new location was too high for road traffic and has therefore only been used as a pedestrian bridge since then. It sticks to the metropolitan legend , according to which it was originally designed by Gustave Eiffel .
Podul Ștefan cel Mare
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5.13 km distance from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 50.5 ″ N , 21 ° 12 ′ 34.9 ″ E Motorized private transport, tram |
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Podul Ștefan cel Mare was designed by engineer Robert Toth ; its cast iron construction began in 1891, replacing an old wooden bridge. Originally it had five arches, but in 1899 it was extended by two more when the electric tram was introduced . Due to its deterioration, the bridge was closed to private traffic in 1939. In 1957 it was rebuilt from concrete. It was named after the Moldovan voivode Ștefan cel Mare .
Podul Eroilor
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5.32 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 47.8 ″ N , 21 ° 12 ′ 26.6 ″ E pedestrians |
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Podul Eroilor was originally built in 1870 and completed the following year. Its original Hungarian name was derived from the adjacent street, Bem utcza . In 1927 the bridge was temporarily supported by wooden scaffolding due to its poor condition. In 1938 it was demolished and replaced by today's reinforced concrete bridge.
Podul Muncii
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5.52 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 45.2 ″ N , 21 ° 12 ′ 18.4 ″ E Motorized individual transport, trolleybus |
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Podul Muncii was originally built in 1913 on the site of an old wooden bridge that had been repaired in 1898. The state tobacco factory in Iosefin , at that time the largest employer in the city, was operated near the bridge . The Romanian name Podul de la Fabrica de Tutun was also derived from this. The city harbor and the 1914 water tower in Iosefin were also in the vicinity. The slightly arched bridge was reinforced in 1936 and 1968 and rebuilt in 1978 using prestressed concrete. Today it is 72.5 meters long.
Pasarela Gelu
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5.98 km from the hydropower plant, from east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 38.4 ″ N , 21 ° 11 ′ 59.2 ″ E pedestrians |
Pasarela Gelu is a concrete catwalk designed by engineer Ioan Poland from 1949.
Podul Modoș
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7.17 km from the hydropower plant, east to west 45 ° 44 ′ 21.5 ″ N , 21 ° 11 ′ 10 ″ E railroad |
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Today Podul Modoș is the only railway bridge that crosses the Bega within the city. It was built from brick in 1897 on the occasion of the opening of the railway line to Módos (today Jaša Tomic in Serbia ) . Since the railway line through the inner city was abandoned in 1932, trains in the direction of Buziaș and Vršac have also used the Modoscher bridge, replacing the old steel bridge at the Széchényi Palace . The Modoscher bridge had to be rebuilt as early as 1935, its current metal structure was finally built in 1980. It is 35 meters long, eleven meters wide and has two tracks. The bridge gained notoriety through numerous suicides committed there .
literature
- Jancsó Árpád: Istoricul podurilor din Timișoara . Editura Mirton, Timișoara 2001, p. 324 (Romanian).
- Hometown community Temeschburg - Timisoara: Temeschburg - Timisoara . HOG Timisoara, 1994, p. 671 .
- Else von Schuster: Timisoara - Timișoara . ADZ-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 973-99655-4-7 , p. 117 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ temeswar.diplo.de , German Consulate Timisoara, press evaluation, Ziua de Vest: The construction work on the Voiteni-Deta line is being completed. August 7, 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Plan urbanistic zonal Malurile canalului Bega Timişoara ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 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. , Timisoara - the city of the 13 bridges , in English
- ^ A. Bota: The bridges of Timișoara - struggling throughout the time . In: Mark G. Alexander, Hans-Dieter Beushausen, Frank Dehn, Pilate Moyo (eds.): Concrete repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting: proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR) . Taylor & Francis, 2005, ISBN 978-0-415-39656-1 , pp. 267 u. 268 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e gtztm.ro ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 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. (PDF; 3.5 MB), Primăria Municipiului Timișoara: Proiect No. 1/2009, Plan urbanistic zonal malurile Canalului Bega , 2009, in Romanian
- ↑ 9am.ro , Legenda urbana - mitul Podului Eiffel din Timisoara , September 11, 2007, in Romanian
- ↑ primariatm.ro , Primăria Timișoara: Podul Decebal a împlinit 100 de ani (I) , May 2009, in Romanian
- ↑ primariatm.ro , Primăria Timișoara: Podul Decebal a împlinit 100 de ani (II) , September 2009, in Romanian
Web links
- Podul Mihai Viteazul şi podul Dacilor , Primăria Timișoara, November 2009, in Romanian
- Podul Mihai Viteazul şi Podul Dacilor (II) , Primăria Timișoara, January 2010, in Romanian
- Refacerea podurilor Mihai Viteazul şi Dacilor (III) , Primăria Timișoara, February 2010, in Romanian
- Podul Ancora de Aur sau podul Eiffel la Timişoara? Primăria Timișoara, February 2009, in Romanian
- Podul Ancora de Aur sau Eiffel la Timişoara? , Primăria Timișoara, March 2009, in Romanian
- banaterra.eu , historical views of numerous Bega bridges
