King's Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 13 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 44 ″ E
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| Convicted | Koenigstrasse (today's Rathausstrasse ) | |
| Subjugated | Moat | |
| place | Berlin | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 4th | |
| completion | 1777 | |
| Status | tore off | |
| planner | Carl von Gontard | |
| closure | 1882 | |
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The Königsbrücke led over the former fortress moat - for example at the site of today's S-Bahn underpass at Alexanderplatz - and connected Berlin with the royal city on the other side of the moat . The bridge on the eastern city limits belonged together with the Potsdamer Tor in the southwest and the Brandenburg Gate in the northwest to the most important passages in the city limits.
history
The original wooden construction of the Königsbrücke was replaced in 1777 by a representative four-arched structure made of Rothenburg sandstone according to plans by Carl von Gontard ; The railing and cladding were made of white Seehauser sandstone. Together with the royal colonnades , which were added as an architectural addition until 1780, the royal bridge gave the entrance to the Prussian residence a representative touch.
In the first half of the 19th century, the Königsbrücke was the closest and most used passage for the residents of Berlin. The Königstraße (today's Rathausstraße ) leading over the bridge was correspondingly heavily frequented . It reached from Alexanderplatz on the other side of the moat to the Berlin Palace and was a main street with the town hall , the city court, the general post office and numerous renowned shops, including the Rocca'sche art dealer, as well as pastry shops and coffee shops. Due to the increased traffic, the bridge had to be widened. The renovation was carried out according to plans by Heinrich Strack under the supervision of Louis Schrobitz .
At the end of the 19th century Berlin had become a cosmopolitan city, and the fortress moat with the Königsbrücke, which was drying up anyway, only stood in the way of further urban development. So the bridge was finally torn down, the ditch was filled in and the tram extension was built in its course in 1882 . The remaining royal colonnades were moved to Kleistpark on Potsdamer Strasse in 1910 .
literature
- Edit consolation: Eduard Gaertner ; Henschel Verlag GmbH, Berlin 1991, ISBN 978-3-362-00456-5 , p. 44.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1986, p. 81 .
- ↑ The checkered history of the royal colonnades. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .