Giebichenstein Bridge
The Giebichensteinbrücke or Kröllwitzer Brücke connects the towns of Giebichenstein and Kröllwitz across the Saale in the urban area of Halle (Saale) .
location
The bridge is located in the north of the city in the area where the Saale breaks through the solid rock below Giebichenstein Castle . It connects the Kröllwitz district west of the Saale with the Giebichenstein district on the east bank.
history
Although the construction of a wooden bridge over the Saale at this location can be documented as early as 1363, the transition between Giebichensteiner and Kröllwitzer Ufer was made with the help of ferries until 1870 , then via a pontoon bridge until 1882 . Today's Giebichenstein Bridge was built between 1926 and 1928 to replace a steel bridge with a large truss arch from 1892. The new construction was also carried out because the older bridge significantly disrupted the landscape, which here is one of the most picturesque of Halle due to the connection between castle, river and rocky landscape.
On April 14, 1945, during the last days of World War II, the main arch was blown up. It was rebuilt in its old form in 1949. The last renovation took place in 1993/1995.
Building
The Giebichenstein Bridge is a solid reinforced concrete bridge. It consists of four segment arches of different widths. The main arch, which alone spans the river bed at normal water levels in the Saale, has a span of 60.8 meters. The bridge is a total of 261 meters long, the carriageway 16.5 meters wide. Typologically it is an arch bridge . The bridge was designed by the municipal building authority by Clemens Vaccano and Adolf Heilmann with the artistic assistance of Paul Thiersch , who was working at the nearby Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle at the time .
To the right and left of the main arch are two monumental animal sculptures on massive plinths that act as ice breakers to protect the main segment arch. On the Giebichensteiner Ufer it is a horse, on the Kröllwitzer Ufer it is a cow. They symbolize the connection between rural Kröllwitz and urban Giebichenstein, which already belonged to the city of Halle (Saale) when the bridge was built. The horse and cow are from Gerhard Marcks , who had been a professor at the nearby Burg Giebichenstein art college since 1925.
Traffic importance
The Giebichenstein Bridge is of great importance for road traffic, as it is one of only two efficient and continuous hall crossings alongside the Magistralen Bridge in the center of the city. In addition, the bridge carries two tracks for trams.
literature
- Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1
- Ralf-Müller Gerberding: Repair of the Giebichenstein Bridge in Halle . in: TU Dresden (ed.): 4th Dresden Bridge Construction Symposium - proceedings, Dresden 1994, pp. 57–60 ( digitized version )
- Michael Pantenius: City Guide Halle. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-0816-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich / Frühauf: Halle and its surroundings. mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale), 2002, page 108
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '14.6 " N , 11 ° 57' 7.9" E