Gotzkowsky Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 21 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 45 ″ E
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| use | Road traffic, pedestrians | |
| Convicted | Gotzkowskystrasse | |
| Crossing of | Spree | |
| place | Berlin-Moabit , Berlin-Charlottenburg | |
| construction | riveted iron two-hinged arches | |
| overall length | about 60 m | |
| width | 23.4 m, of which 16.1 m is carriageway | |
| Longest span | 56.0 m | |
| Load capacity | 18 t | |
| Clear height | 4.5 m | |
| vehicles per day | 450 trucks 24,900 vehicles |
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| start of building | 1910 | |
| opening | 1911 | |
| planner | Friedrich Krause | |
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The Gotzkowskybrücke is a listed bridge over the Spree in Berlin. It connects the two districts of Moabit and Charlottenburg and thus the Mitte district with the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district . Gotzkowskystraße leads over the bridge.
location
The last Spree bridge in old Berlin runs at right angles across the river. On both sides of the river two streets lead to the bridge, to the west these are Helmholtz and Franklinstrasse, to the east the Levetzow and Gotzkowskystrasse. Parallel to the water is the Wikingerufer, built on one side with residential houses, which runs towards the beginning of the bridge just before Gotzkowskystraße and is part of a green promenade.
history
Between 1886 and 1888 the first wooden yoke bridge with a permanent superstructure was built at the current location and named after the merchant and founder of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky (1710–1775). This wooden bridge replaced a ferry that was originally operated here and made daily commutes easier for the workers in the new factories in the Moabit area. As early as 1904, the Berlin administration planned a new Spree crossing, which was rebuilt as a four-lane road bridge from 1910 to 1911. In terms of traffic, the Gotzkowsky Bridge, along with the Schlossbrücke downstream, was the only connection between Charlottenburg and the Martinikenfelde industrial district in Moabit.
The Gotzkowsky Bridge is characterized by the contrast between the unadorned iron arch construction of 13 arched girders with a span of 56 meters, designed by city building officer Friedrich Krause , and the architecturally elaborated limestone abutments made of shell limestone in the classical style , which come from Alfred Grenander . In order to mark the border between Berlin and the still independent city of Charlottenburg, Grenander erected a decorative arch on the side on the Moabit side, reminiscent of a city gate. The arch opens onto a staircase that connects the footpath on Gotzkowskystraße and the river promenade on the Viking bank. Animal sculptures made by Walther Schmarje in Art Nouveau style sit on the three remaining corner pillars of the bridge. They represent two fish-tailed rams on the Charlottenburg side and a bull on the Moabite side .
At the end of the Second World War , the Gotzkowsky Bridge was badly damaged by demolitions by German armed forces . Among other things, 10 of the 13 arches were destroyed and one of the sculptures on the Charlottenburg side was lost. Due to the lack of materials, the bridge was restored in a simplified form until 1949. At the beginning of the 1960s, the bridge was rebuilt again; the traffic handover took place on May 12, 1965. In the years 1981-1983 a complete renovation was carried out with subsequent widening of the roadway to 16.1 meters. The load-bearing capacity of the bridge is limited to 18 tons . Parts lost in the war such as several bridge lanterns have now been retrofitted.
Sights near the Gotzkowsky Bridge
Directly at the north-western end of the bridge is a residential and office building complex that was completed around 2003 and is located between the Spree and Alt-Moabit . These are variously designed modern buildings for residential purposes and as an office center, which presents a modern steel-glass facade on the waterfront. The construction of a marina is planned.
The brick building of the Erlöserkirche and the parish hall from around 1912 by the architects Dinklage , Paulus and Lilloe are located on the Viking bank. There are some listed residential and factory buildings in Gotzkowskystraße: a set of four apartment buildings (house numbers 14-17), built in 1895/1896 by the architects Hermann Genähr and Friedrich Müller , a sewage pumping station from 1887 to 1890 (house number 22) and under the same Address of the industrial palace Spree from the years 1911/1912 by Wilhelm Peter and the Adrema machine building company by Paul Schwebes (1952/1953), which was converted into a hotel. Finally, the listed brick building at Helmholtzstrasse 2-9 is worth mentioning, which was built in 1898/1899 as a light bulb factory (architect Martin de la Sauce , extension by Karl Janisch ) and now houses a film acting school.
literature
- Eckhard Thiemann, Dieter Deszyk, Horstpeter Metzing: Berlin and its bridges . Jaron Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89773-073-1 , p. 120
- Monuments in Berlin. Mitte district. Districts Moabit, Hansaviertel and Tiergarten . Landesdenkmalamt Berlin (Ed.), Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-035-6 , pp. 232-234.
Web links
- Gotzkowsky Bridge. In: Structurae
- Gotzkowsky Bridge Monument
- The bridges of Moabit on "berlin street"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Traffic volumes for trucks in 2014 . Road traffic census 2014 as of October 16, 2015 (pdf)
- ↑ Traffic volume map DTV 2014: vehicles in 24 hours
- ↑ District Office of the Tiergarten in Berlin: Annual report 1965 . P. 117.
- ↑ Uwe Aulich: A footbridge becomes part of the waterfront . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 28, 2000
- ↑ Monuments Erlöserkirche with parish hall
- ↑ Architectural monuments at Gotzkowskystraße 14-17
- ↑ Monument pumping station VIII
- ↑ Architectural monuments Industriepalast Spree and Adrema
- ↑ Monument Helmholtzstrasse 2–9