Leintorbrücke

Leintorbrücke

The Leintorbrücke in Hanover was in 1713 as Einbogenbrücke of sandstone blocks on track by Christian Georg Vick built and runs transversely to the Leineschloss in the course of Schloßstraße on the leash . The sometimes used name today Schloßbrücke was about 1950 mistakenly taken over by the east lies, leading to Leineschloss Castle Bridge .

history

View towards the Leineschloss , on the right the former Leine Island Little Venice ;
Postcard no. 18 of Trinks & Co. , circa 1900

Development around the Leintor Bridge around 1900, picture postcard No. 48425 , Stengel & Co.

Inscriptions with the dates 1704 and 1852 with the artist's signature still unidentified on the bank reinforcement of today's Rademacher staircase

The Leintorbrücke originally stood outside the medieval Leintor . The earliest mention of the bridge that has survived goes back to 1320 as "pons antiquus" (ancient bridge). The bridge connected the old town with the water courtyard on the Leine Island Little Venice .

From 1340 documents name “the city bridge”, which then gave the name to the road across the Leine island: 1359 “in ponte”, until 1845 “Brückstraße”. In 1570 a wooden bridge was built. In 1713 the bridge, which still exists today, was built.

See also

• Clevertor Bridge
• Friederiken Bridge

literature

• Arnold Nöldeke : The art monuments of the province of Hanover. City of Hanover , 2 parts, 1932; here: T. 1, p. 720.
• Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Schlossstrasse. In: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 194
• Helmut Knocke: Leintorbrücke. 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. 399f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quoting from Helmut Knocke in: Stadtlexikon Hannover… , p. 399f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 15.3 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 53.8"  E