Railway flood bridge over the Ehle

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Railway flood bridge over the Ehle, view from the southwest

The railway flood bridge over the Ehle is a listed railway bridge in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The bridge on the disused railway line Biederitz-Magdeburg-Buckau is located east of Magdeburg . It leads from the Magdeburg district of Berliner Chaussee east to the Biederitz district of Heyrothsberge , bridging the Elbe flood canal and the Ehle .

Architecture and history

The approximately 500 meter long bridge is of great importance in terms of railway, engineering and bridge construction.

The bridge was built in 1846 during the construction of the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line by the Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg Railway Company and is therefore a memorial from the early days of private railways. It is one of the world's oldest preserved sheet metal girder bridges . The substructure of pillars and abutments is largely original.

The bridge structure was erected from the eastern abutment over 58 rods (about 219 meters) through 15 openings with a clear width of 40 feet (about 12.4 meters) to a western abutment. From there, the railway line led over an earth embankment towards Magdeburg. Both the 14 pillars and the two abutments with stone walls have been preserved.

In 1854 the line was expanded to two lanes. For this, the abutments and pillars were widened. The superstructure of the second track was created in the then new sheet metal girder construction with long sleepers . In 1864 the original track was renewed in the same way. The old superstructure made of cast iron truss was removed.

With the construction of the Pretziener weir in the years 1871 to 1875, the Ehlen lowlands were used as a flood canal. The old earthfill dam had to be removed. The railway bridge was therefore doubled to the west. The old dam was pushed wide. At the same time, the second track was dismantled and the superstructure there was reused for the new extension. The substructure was attached in the same way to the previous western abutment and made of brickwork. Except for the two westernmost fields, these bridges have also been preserved in the original. These two fields were probably blown up during World War II , but were later rebuilt in the same form. It is possible that materials from other locations were reused here.

After the line in the Magdeburg area was re-routed, the Biederitz – Magdeburg-Buckau railway line lost its importance and was closed in 1998. Although the railway line is closed, the state of preservation of the bridge is considered good.

In the local register of monuments , the bridge is recorded as a monument under registration number 107 05021.

literature

  • Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 121 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 122
  2. ↑ Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 122
  3. ↑ Small question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, p 2411

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 29.8 ″  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 24.1 ″  E