Friedensbrücke (Würzburg)

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South side of the Friedensbrücke
North side of the Friedensbrücke

The Friedensbrücke , originally called the Luitpoldbrücke , is one of seven bridges that cross the Main in Würzburg . The federal highways B 8 and B 27 run over it as a four-lane road, the route of two tram lines and on the two outer sides pedestrian and bicycle paths.

location

The Friedensbrücke is located at Main km 251.64 in the north of Würzburg between the Bridge of German Unity and the Old Main Bridge further south . It connects the old town to the right of the Main with the Zellerau district on the left side of the river . The next bridges open to motor traffic are the Bridge of German Unity in the north and the Ludwigsbrücke in the south .

history

Bridge piers with sheathing

The bridge was built from spring 1886 to April 1888 according to plans by Josef Scherpf (City Planning Officer from 1875) to relieve the old Main Bridge from the increasing traffic and to continue the new Ringstrasse , today's Röntgenring, to the Zellerau on the left of the Main. In 1883 Scherpf planned an iron superstructure on stone pillars, but had to change the design of the current vault construction made of quarry stone for cost reasons. The construction was mainly carried out by the Würzburg company Friedrich Buchner and master builder JE Weber. The iron railings were made by Georg Noell & Co.'s machine and railway supplies factory and bridge-building company owned by Georg Heinrich Noell . On April 29, 1888, the bridge was opened to traffic by the First Mayor Johann Georg Steidle as the Luitpold Bridge , named after Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria , who had placed a memorial stone in one of the bridge piers in September 1886 . On January 23, 1888, a parchment certificate with the building signs and other documents as well as portraits of Luitpold, Kaiser Wilhelm I and Pope Leo XIII. introduced into one of the bridgeheads. After the Old Main Bridge, the Friedensbrücke is the second oldest bridge over the Main in Würzburg. The first tram crossed the bridge in September 1900.

Shortly before the end of the Second World War , the bridge was blown up by German troops on April 2, 1945 at around 5:15 p.m. as the last of the three Main bridges in the area of ​​Würzburg's old town to prevent the Americans from taking the city. After the three destroyed arches had been rebuilt, the bridge was opened to traffic again in November 1948 as the Friedensbrücke ; tram traffic across the bridge was resumed on November 30, 1948.

In 1998 and 1999 the Friedensbrücke was completely renovated, rebuilt and widened. In the course of this work, a separate route was created for the tram lines leading over the bridge in order to optimize the flow of traffic. The two bridge piers in the Main were provided with a sheathing as collision protection for ships.

construction

The Friedensbrücke is a stone arch bridge with a total length of about 200 meters. It consists of a total of seven elongated arches, each with a span of 24.5 meters , which are supported by six pillars. On the left bank of the Main, three of the arches span the “Friedensbrücke” car park, the following three arches span the Main and the last arch another car park on the right bank. The headroom on the river is 6.45 m.

See also

literature

  • Ulrich Wagner: Technical work of art on the river - the Luitpold bridge from 1888. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, here: Volume 3 (2007 ), P. 394 f. and 1298.

Web links

Commons : Friedensbrücke in Würzburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration: Route Atlas Main II. (PDF 16.8 MB) (No longer available online.) 2012, p. 57 , archived from the original on January 10, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2015 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fgs.wsv.de
  2. ↑ Ulrich Wagner (2007), p. 394.
  3. ^ Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Würzburg municipal policy 1869-1918. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 64-166 and 1254-1267; here: p. 97.
  4. ↑ Open Monument Day with the topic “Travel, Trade and Transport”. mainpost.de, accessed on September 30, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Ulrich Wagner (2007), p. 394.
  6. ↑ Hans-Peter Baum : Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria (1821-1912) and the city of Würzburg. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), pp. 173-176; here: p. 174 f.
  7. ↑ Ceremony for the opening of the Luitpold Bridge in Würzburg on April 29, 1888 by FF Bonitas-Bauer'sche Buchdruckerei, Würzburg 1888
  8. ↑ Ulrich Wagner (2007), p. 394.
  9. ↑ a b André Werske: Unofficial homepage of the Würzburg tram - History. Retrieved January 10, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Easter 1945: The battle for Würzburg. mainpost.de, accessed on May 25, 2010 .
  11. ↑ 1947: Trümmerloren am Main. mainpost.de, accessed on May 25, 2010 .
  12. ↑ Annual report 1998 of Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH, p. 32 ( PDF file; 1.6 MB )
  13. ↑ 1999 Annual Report of Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH, p. 40 ( PDF file; 5.2 MB )
  14. ↑ Bridges over the Main. Karl Gotsch, accessed on May 25, 2010 .
  15. ↑ Ulrich Wagner (2007), p. 394 f.

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '56 "  N , 9 ° 55' 24"  E