Haspeler Bridge

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Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 31 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 49 ″  E

Haspeler Bridge
Haspeler Bridge
Haspeler Bridge
use Road traffic
Convicted Haspeler Strasse
Subjugated Wupper
place Wuppertal - Elberfeld / Barmen ( North Rhine-Westphalia )
construction Steel bridge
overall length ~ 31 m
width ~ 20 m
start of building 1902
completion 1903 (current construction)
location
Haspeler Bridge (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Haspeler Bridge
Above sea level 153  m above sea level NHN

The Haspeler Brücke is a road bridge over the Wupper in the Wuppertal district of Barmen . The steel bridge connects Haspeler Straße south of the Wupper in Unterbarmen with the northern right bank of the river with the streets Hofkamp and Hardtufer , which are in the Elberfeld district. The bridge, built between 1902 and 1903, is one of the oldest truss bridges in Wuppertal.

Until 1929, the border between the two then still independent cities of Barmen and Elberfeld ran on the bridge. In the Middle Ages there was a ford in the Wupper at the same point . The Furter Hof , mentioned in 1466, was located next to the ford on the southern side of the Wuppertal ; today the street Furter Hof commemorates him . The Elberfelder Landwehr ran from Ostersbaum over the Hardtberg to the southern heights . There is evidence of a turnstile (= " reel ") at the ford in the 16th century . This narrow passage for pedestrians in the Landwehr led to the naming.

In 1729 the first stone bridge was destroyed by ice drift. In the Seven Years' War there was fighting between the French and the general Ferdinand Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig in 1759 . In 1796, during the First Coalition War , the bridge was again the scene of French and Prussian conflicts. The Prussian Lieutenant von Hakke was able to arrange for the French General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan to move the demarcation line a little west to the Haspeler Bridge.

There is an anecdote related to this bridge (probably a predecessor to the current construction). During his visit in October 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm II is said to have said to his wife during a carriage ride from Barmer to the Elberfeld side: “ Auguste, put your hat on, we're coming to town! "Another version reads:" Gustchen, straighten your hat, we're coming to town now ". This still annoys many a barmer today. It is unclear how this alleged quote was passed down, because it is doubtful that this carriage ride took place.

Haspeler Brücke was entered on January 20, 2005 under the number 4217 in the list of monuments of the city of Wuppertal. The renovation measures planned at the time, after which considerable corrosion damage and other defects were found in 2003, were agreed with the lower monument authority and completed at the end of 2006. The scope of the renovation was then calculated at 615,000 euros.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wuppertal's history and more ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 2, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfgang-mondorf.de
  2. ↑ The village of Heckinghausen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 2, 2007@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bzv-heck.de  
  3. ↑ Action by civil engineers: Build bridges out of paper! Models are the most famous bridges in the Bergisches Land ( Memento from June 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed December 2, 2007
  4. ↑ 75 years of Wuppertal people: How Wuppertaler became Wuppertaler ( Memento from March 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from July 16, 2004
  5. ↑ Resolution proposal : renovation of the Haspelerstrasse bridge  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file dated February 4, 2005@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wuppertal.de  

literature

  • Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8

Web links

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