Kaiserbrücke (Hanover)

Today's bridge seen from the east

from below, on the left the road bridge 230, on the right the tram bridge 230A

The Kaiserbrücke in Hanover , also known as Bridge 230 , is a road bridge on the Großer Kolonnenweg street in today's Vahrenwald district , which leads over the Mittelland Canal to the Vahrenheide district .

First construction

The Kaiserbrücke was built in 1913 in the area of the former List to bridge the Mittelland Canal, which was then only under construction. The 47.5 meter long reinforced concrete - arch bridge with three joints was from the Bremen branch of Dresdner Construction windshield & Langelott planned and executed. After completion, the construction company had the bridge photographed with a person to compare the size and print this picture as a postcard for advertising purposes.

The bridge structure with its ornamental obelisks was named in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

and display information about the image

The bridge with its four ornamental obelisks, completed in 1913 before the construction of the Mittelland Canal;
Advertising postcard of Construction windshield & Langelott, 1913

In 1961, next to the east Kaiserbrücke a separate bridge for light rail Hanover built, the bridge number 230 A received.

After the decision to widen the Mittelland Canal, the listed Kaiserbrücke - like all historical canal bridges in the area of the state capital Hanover - was demolished around the turn of the millennium and replaced by a new building "with a larger span and clearance height ".

Second construction

From June 1997 to August 1998 the bridges were replaced by two tied arch bridges . Both have a span of 58.40 m each; the total width is 17.80 m for the road bridge and 10 m for the light rail bridge.

While the Wisserodt Ingenieurgesellschaft from Hanover delivered the design, the Hanover architects Desczyk und Partner took over the architectural design. The construction work was carried out by Arge Stahlbau Engineering / Gebr. Echterhoff. The construction costs amounted to 9.7 million DM.

Various documentary photographs were taken while the bridge was being built; The photos show, for example, one of the two steel superstructures, each weighing 390 t, being set up by a floating crane .

Immediate environment

South of the canal bed "in the shadow of the later Kaiserbrücke" was previously the former execution site of Hanover, known as the " Hochgericht " .

The playing field of the Borussia Hannover sports club from 1895 is also located on the Mittelland Canal on Großer Kolonnenweg .

literature

Jürgen Schirsching: Schifffahrt auf dem Mittellandkanal , Erfurt: Sutton, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-548-2 and ISBN 3-95400-548-4 , p. 62 and other : limited preview in the Google book search

Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Mitte (Ed.): Urban landscape and bridges in Hanover . Schütersche, Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-87706-557-0 , p. 132-133 .

Web links

Commons : Kaiserbrücke - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ernst Bohlius, Wolfgang Leonhardt (ed.): Keyword Kaiserbrücke , in this: "The List." 700 years of reviewing the village and town history , 1st edition, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2003, ISBN 3-8334-0276-8 ; Pp. 35, 43, 45; limited preview in Google Book search
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Mitte (ed.): Urban landscape and bridges in Hanover . Schütersche, Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-87706-557-0 , p. 132-133 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Wolfgang Neß : Area map Hannover West and Vahrenwald. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover , Part 1, Volume 10.1, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig 1983, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 26f. and 194-197; here: p. 197 .; as well as Vahrenwald in the addendum to part 2, volume 10.2: List of architectural monuments acc. § 4 ( NDSchG ) (excluding architectural monuments of archaeological monument preservation ), status: July 1, 1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - publications by the Institute for Monument Preservation, p
↑ ^a ^b ^c Jürgen Schirsching: Shipping on the Mittelland Canal. Sutton, Erfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-548-2 , p. 62. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
^ Karl-Heinz Grotjahn MA: Sports club (SV) Borussia H. v. 1895 e. V. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 579.

52.407788 9.739467Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 28 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 22.1" E

[Die_List-1] Ernst Bohlius, Wolfgang Leonhardt (ed.): Keyword Kaiserbrücke , in this: "The List." 700 years of reviewing the village and town history , 1st edition, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2003, ISBN 3-8334-0276-8 ; Pp. 35, 43, 45; limited preview in Google Book search

[WSD2000-2] Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Mitte (ed.): Urban landscape and bridges in Hanover . Schütersche, Hannover 2000, ISBN 3-87706-557-0 , p. 132-133 .

[DTBD-3] A ^b ^c Wolfgang Neß : Area map Hannover West and Vahrenwald. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover , Part 1, Volume 10.1, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig 1983, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , p. 26f. and 194-197; here: p. 197 .; as well as Vahrenwald in the addendum to part 2, volume 10.2: List of architectural monuments acc. § 4 ( NDSchG ) (excluding architectural monuments of archaeological monument preservation ), status: July 1, 1985, City of Hanover , Lower Saxony State Administration Office - publications by the Institute for Monument Preservation, p

[Schirsching-4] Jürgen Schirsching: Shipping on the Mittelland Canal. Sutton, Erfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-548-2 , p. 62. ( limited preview in the Google book search)

[5] Karl-Heinz Grotjahn MA: Sports club (SV) Borussia H. v. 1895 e. V. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 579.