High Bridge (Hamburg)
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The Hohe Brücke spans the Nikolaifleet in Hamburg's old town and is the name of the street that leads over the building.
Description and history
The arch bridge spans the Nikolaifleet with a width of 24 meters and leads the street of the same name "Hohe Brücke" over the water in the port of Hamburg . That according to plans by Franz Andreas Meyer built building has a brick lining , a granite parapet and wrought-iron lanterns . The bridge got its name because of its height, which enabled ships with masts to pass through.
It is originally a wooden bridge built in the middle of the 12th century, which was replaced by a stone structure in 1615. In 1756 this had to be torn down and a new wooden superstructure built on the remaining pillars. Several renovations followed until 1860, during which the roadway was paved. The current bridge was built in 1886/87. At that time, the bank between Kajen and Meßberg was redesigned in the course of the development of the Speicherstadt . After the storm surge in 1962 , a barrage was built south of the bridge .
Crane keeper's house
South of the bridge at number 2 is a listed building that was built in 1887/88. The yellow brick building was used as a house for a crane attendant. This operated four cranes that were a little further east. The new crane from 1858 has been preserved.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sven Bardua: Bridge metropolis Hamburg . Architecture - technology - history up to 1945. In: Hartmut Frank, Ullrich Schwarz, Hamburg Chamber of Engineers-Bau, Museum of Work (ed.): Series of publications by the Hamburg Architecture Archive . 1st edition. tape 25 . Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-937904-88-7 , pp. 35 .
- ^ Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide . Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 20 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 41.4 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 15.3" E