Greifenhagener Bridge

Greifenhagener Bridge
	View of the bridge from the northwest
use	Pedestrians , cyclists
Convicted	Greifenhagener Strasse
Crossing of	Tracks of the Berlin Ringbahn
place	Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
construction	Iron framework
overall length	49.40 m
width	4.60 m
start of building	1906
completion	1911
planner	Arno König (architect) ; and Fritz Hedde (engineer)
	location

52.548897222222 13.416475Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 56 " N , 13 ° 24 ′ 59" E

The Greifenhagener Brücke - also called Greifenhagener Steg - is a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists in the Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg district in the Pankow district . It leads the Greifenhagener Straße over the railway systems of the S-Bahn and the long-distance railway at the eastern exit of the S-Bahn station Schönhauser Allee .

history

It is an iron truss bridge from 1910/1911. The designs come from the engineer Fritz Hedde and the architect Arno Körnig . The building is a listed building. It is supported on several pairs of iron supports between the railway tracks.

Metal jewelry on the railing

Partial view with lantern

Art Nouveau-like ornaments (partly punched, partly inlaid) in the metal plates of the railing and four pairs of wrought iron lights serve as bridge decorations . Both were made in the workshop of the blacksmith Eduard Puls .

The bridge was not damaged in the two world wars , but the pavement was later given an asphalt surface. Almost all parts of the railing are now disfigured with graffiti or wild stickers. Directly on the bridge there is a stairway leading to the Schönhauser Allee S-Bahn station . This was inserted in connection with the construction of the “Schönhauser Allee Arcaden” and the demolition of the old access building on the north side.

In the vicinity of the bridge (selection)

Gethsemane Church
Street Schönhauser Allee with the Schönhauser Allee Arcaden
Listed residential complex of the “Berliner Spar- und Bauverein von 1892” (built 1899–1900 by Alfred Messel and Paul Kolb ) in Greifenhagener Strasse 56/57

Web links

Commons : Greifenhagener Brücke - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Greifenhagener bridge architectural monument
↑ The architectural and art monuments of the GDR , Berlin, I; Edited by the Institute for Monument Preservation at Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984; P. 384.
↑ Stadtbahn Berlin - World of Experience on Rails & Wheels , Edition Roco 1987, page 113 (photo with old access).
↑ Architectural and garden monument Greifenhagener Strasse 56–57

[1] Greifenhagener bridge architectural monument

[2] The architectural and art monuments of the GDR , Berlin, I; Edited by the Institute for Monument Preservation at Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984; P. 384.

[3] Stadtbahn Berlin - World of Experience on Rails & Wheels , Edition Roco 1987, page 113 (photo with old access).

[4] Architectural and garden monument Greifenhagener Strasse 56–57