Johan van Valckenburgh Bridge

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Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 10 ″  E

The Johan van Valckenburgh Bridge is a Built in 1962 and 1991 by the engineer of the Hamburg ramparts , Jan van Valckenborgh , named bridge in the Hamburg district of Neustadt . In the Planten un Blomen park, it leads from the tropical greenhouses over the remains of the former moat built between 1615 and 1626 to the memorial plaque for the bridge's namesake.

Construction, condition and management

The bridge was planned by the architect Bernhard Hermkes , built in 1962 and renovated in 1989. The building is a listed building and is administered by the “ State Office for Roads, Bridges and Waters” (LSBG) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

impressions

  • The Johan van Valckenburgh Bridge

  • On the bridge, view of Stephansplatz

  • Tropical greenhouses as seen from the Johan van Valckenburgh
    Bridge

  • Memorial plaque to Johan van Valckenburgh, erected by the Patriotic Society in 1765

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franklin Kopitzsch , Dirk Brietzke: Hamburgische Biographie. Lexicon of persons . Wallstein-Verlag , Göttingen 2001, p. 324 [1] .
  2. ↑ Patriotic Society of 1765 (ed.): Heine, Dönhoff and the Primus catastrophe: People and events in Hamburg. Memorial plaques of the Patriotic Society from 1765 . Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-504-8 , p. 30 [2] .
  3. ^ Hermann Hipp : Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Art travel guide. History, culture and urban architecture on the Elbe and Alster. Page 167. Dumont 1990. ISBN 978-377-0115-90-7 .
  4. ^ A b Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: Control and maintenance of Hamburg bridges. Answer of the Senate to the big question printed matter 18/7163 of October 10, 2007, page 3.
  5. ↑ Entry on the Johan van Valckenburgh Bridge at www.brueckenweb.de, accessed on February 25, 2017.