Itschensteg
The Itschensteg is a listed pedestrian bridge over the Bode in Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .
It connects Adelheidstrasse with Stresemannstrasse to the south . Opposite the northern end of the bridge is the also listed building Adelheidstrasse 1 .
architecture
Today's bridge was built in 1905 as a reinforced concrete structure in Art Nouveau forms . In the spandrels of the bridge arches there are reliefs depicting frogs and griffins. The wrought iron parapets of the bridge also date from the Art Nouveau period.
history
There were pedestrian bridges in this area even before today's bridge was built. They led from the city to the Johannis pen . The demolition of an Itschensteg bridge is documented for 1605, and in 1628 a Ütschengasse is mentioned. The street was renamed Turnstrasse in 1878 , but the name of the bridge remained unchanged. The name Itsche means frog in the local dialect and possibly refers to an originally numerous occurrence of frogs in the area around the bridge.
See also
literature
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 54.
Web links
Adelheidstrasse 1 | Adelheidstrasse 2 (Quedlinburg District Court) | Adelheidstrasse 3 | Adelheidstrasse 4 | Adelheidstrasse 5 | Adelheidstrasse 6 | Adelheidstrasse 7 | Adelheidstrasse 9 | Adelheidstrasse 10 | Adelheidstrasse 11 | Adelheidstrasse 12 | Adelheidstrasse 12a | Adelheidstrasse 14 | Adelheidstrasse 15 | Adelheidstrasse 22 | Adelheidstrasse 23 (Salpeterhütte Quedlinburg) | Adelheidstrasse 25 | Adelheidstrasse 26 | Adelheidstrasse 27 | Adelheidstrasse 28 | Adelheidstrasse 29 | Adelheidstrasse 30 | Adelheidstrasse 31 | Adelheidstrasse 32 | Itschensteg
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 6.6 " N , 11 ° 8 ′ 54.7" E