Canal and bridge at the carefree
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 34 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 47" E
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| Official name | Canal and bridge at the carefree | |
| use | Forest path | |
| Convicted | Ruthsenbach | |
| place | Darmstadt-Kranichstein | |
| construction | Natural stone bridge | |
| completion | 17th century | |
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The bridge on the carefree is a road bridge over the Ruthsenbach in Darmstadt-Kranichstein .
Construction and history
Landgravine Sophie Eleonore had a canal built between the Barkhaus pond and the Steinbrücker pond after the Thirty Years War . On this - partly still recognizable - canal, the landlady gondolaed from pond to pond and also organized courtly water games . The Ruthsenbach was part of the canal. The bridge on the "Carefree" crosses the Ruthsenbach and is one of the oldest plastered sandstone bridges in Darmstadt. The sandstone bridge probably dates from the 17th century and was built at the same time as the canal.
Varia
The bridge is also known as the carefree bridge and the Sanssouci bridge ( French sans souci "without worry").
See also
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 684.
- Thomas Deuster "Reconstruction of a historical water connection in the northeast of Darmstadt" Diploma thesis FH Darmstadt
- Thomas Deuster "Canal am carefree" in the book "Waters in and around Darmstadt" Waters in and around Darmstadt, 3rd edition, Toeche-Mittler Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-878201632
- Thomas Deuster "" The Channel at Carefree "in the" Annual Book for Hessian History and Archeology "Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt / Historischer Verein für Hessen Volume 63