Fernsichtbrücke

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 10 ″  E

Fernsichtbrücke
Fernsichtbrücke
Crossing of Rondeel Canal
place Hamburg-Winterhude
location
Fernsichtbrücke (Hamburg)
Fernsichtbrücke

The Fernsichtbrücke is a road bridge in the Hamburg district of Winterhude . Together with the larger Krugkoppelbrücke it forms the northern end of the landscape of the Outer Alster .

The 25.27 m long bridge is listed as a cultural monument in the monuments list of the Hamburg cultural authority with the number 28987.

construction

Fernsichtbrücke, shortly after completion

The Fernsichtbrücke bridge bears the number 90 and was built in 1927 and 1928 under the senior construction director Fritz Schumacher . The decorative ceramics were designed by the sculptor Richard Kuöhl , who had known Schumacher since his student days and was often commissioned by him to decorate buildings.

The arched bridge, faced with clinker bricks, rests on granite plinths and has a low construction height due to its basket arch .

The Fernsichtbrücke bears the building number 2426052. It is 20.16 m wide and has two- jointed frames , the cantilever arms of which are designed as panel holders .

Name and location

The Fernsichtbrücke is named after the Fernsicht street , which crosses the Rondeel Canal , which connects the Rondeelteich with the Alster . The lawn at the Fernsichtbrücke bridge is part of the Alsterpark . From here it is possible to see the entire Outer Alster. There are designated public barbecue areas.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedhelm Grundmann, Michael Zapf: "Hamburg City of Bridges, " Medien Verlag Schubert Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-929-229-89-7 , page 86
  2. ^ Sven Bardua: Bridge metropolis Hamburg. Architecture technology history to 1945, Dölling und Galitz Verlag, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-937904-88-7 , page 78
  3. Barbecue areas in Hamburg - Where can you barbecue in Hamburg? Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt from June 3, 2013, accessed on January 27, 2019

literature

  • Horst Beckershaus: The Hamburg bridges. Their names - where they come from and what they mean . Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86633-007-8 .

Web links

Commons : Fernsichtbrücke  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files