Königsworther Bridge

Side view of the bridge railing with two candelabra by Carl Dopmeyer

View from the south

The Königsworther Bridge in Hanover is considered to be one of the most beautiful bridges in the city. The sculptor Carl Dopmeyer created their four magnificent candelabra . The heritage-protected segment arch bridge crosses the Leine in Calenberger Neustadt in the course of Königsworther Straße .

history

In 1889 the Lindener Straße was laid out as a direct connection from Königsworther Platz to Linden (the street was only renamed in 1905 after the former village). For this purpose, the bridge over the Leine was built by a builder who is no longer known today until 1890 as a flat, single- arch bridge with natural stone faced with an attractive, openwork railing.

It was not until 1898 that the bridge received its four splendid copper-plated candelabra from Carl Dopmeyer as a special ornament. They show classic mythical creatures of the sea and are richly decorated with vegetable forms .

literature

Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Königsworther Straße , in: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 97f., And Calenberger Neustadt , in the Annex directory of architectural monuments acc. § 4 (NDSchG) (excluding architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation), as of July 1, 1985 , City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 5f.

Web links

Commons : Königsworther Brücke (Hannover) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Station 1 - Königsworther Strasse bridge. Where the mythical creatures sit. under Architektur & Geschichte / Industriekultur / Linden, Leine, Limmer at hannover.de, accessed on February 6, 2016

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Königsworther Straße (see literature)
^ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Königsworther Straße , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 158
↑ Helmut Zimmermann : Königsworther Straße , in: Die Straßenennamen der Landeshauptstadt Hannover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 146

52.375727 9.720642Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '32.6 " N , 9 ° 43' 14.3" E

[Denkmaltopographie-1] Ilse Rüttgerodt-Riechmann: Königsworther Straße (see literature)

[2] Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Königsworther Straße , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 158

[3] Helmut Zimmermann : Königsworther Straße , in: Die Straßenennamen der Landeshauptstadt Hannover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 146