List of bridges over the Potsdam Havel

The Potsdam Havel , official abbreviation PH , is a section of the Havel river in the German states of Brandenburg and Berlin . The length of the waterway is 29.92 kilometers. It is a federal waterway and belongs to the Lower Havel waterway . At least 19 bridges cross the Potsdamer Havel and its immediate tributaries. The mileage applies to the main body of water.

Structure of the list

The list summarizes the existing bridges in a table and provides information on former and predecessor structures. Only the bridges documented in the sources (literature and web links) are included. The numbering (column 1) takes place in imaginary order from the Glienicke Bridge in the direction of the Havel flow. The kilometers (column 2) are based on the information on the shipping maps, with bridges outside the main fairway without kilometers being marked with –– . The fourth column contains the bridge names, with nameless bridges in brackets. The places or districts in which they are located are also indicated. The text column “Comments” gives the most important data of the bridges and, if applicable, their former names and also provides information about the naming. The sixth and last column links the coordinates of the structures.

• The symbols in the Structure column have the following meanings:

Arch bridge with suspended lane

Arch bridge with overhead carriageway

Girder bridge

Truss bridge

Cable-stayed bridge

Suspension bridge

Box girder bridge

Stone arch bridge

Bridge list

number	km	photography	Name of the bridge	place	Structure	Remarks	location
Map with all coordinates of the bridges: OSM | WikiMap
1	28.610		Glienicke Bridge	Berlin / Potsdam		The Glienicke Bridge connects the cities of Berlin and Potsdam across the Havel . The bridge in its current form was inaugurated in 1907. There was a previous building made of bricks. This was created according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel .	cards
2	26.760		Humboldt Bridge	Potsdam		The Humboldt Bridge was built in the mid-1970s. Along with the Long Bridge, it is the second inner-city Havel crossing in the state capital. A few meters north of the bridge there used to be a cable ferry between Holzmarktstrasse in the Berlin suburb and Nowawes in Babelsberg .	cards
3	––		Inselbrücke Potsdam Old journey of the Havel	Potsdam		The pedestrian bridge connects the northern part of the Friendship Island via the Alte Fahrt der Havel with Burgstrasse in an older part of Potsdam.	cards
4th	25,480		The tram and bus bridge (eastern part)	Potsdam		The two parts of the bridge were rebuilt in 2008/2009 for the separate transfer of tram and bus lines over the "New and Old Ride" of the Havel and over the southern tip of the Friendship Island . The bridge also has wide footpaths and bike lanes. It consists of two steel arch bridges.	cards
5	25.530		Long bridge	Potsdam		The Long Bridge is the oldest inner-city Havel crossing in Potsdam. Today's bridge, built between 1958 and 1961, is the sixth in Potsdam's history. It had become necessary when the old bridge was destroyed in 1945.	cards
6th	25,330		(Railway bridge) at the harbor	Potsdam		Railway line Berlin – Magdeburg	cards
7th	––		(Railway bridge) Neustädter Havelbucht	Potsdam		The Berlin – Magdeburg railway runs over the bridge . On May 11, 1995, a new 57 meter long and 485 tonne bridge was floated into the prepared abutment. The bridge was prefabricated in the old warehouse district in Potsdam and transported to the new destination by water. This variant was chosen due to the lack of building space on the densely built-up Havel Bay. The old bridge, which was ninety years old in 1995, was moved a little more than a width in the direction of the Havel Bay to build the new bridge foundations. The current train operation on this busy route could be continued almost without interruption.	cards
8th	21,000		(Railway bridge) Templiner See	Potsdam		The bridge leads the Berlin outer ring over the Potsdamer Havel . In the 1950s a 90 m wide, 1,170 m long and 10 m high railway embankment was poured into Lake Templin . It almost completely seals off the lower, south-western third of the lake. A passage only 150 m wide enables the connection between the parts of the lake. An extension on the north side, accessible via stairs, enables shared use by pedestrians.	cards
9	––		(Railway bridge) Petzinsee	Geltow		Railway bridge of the bypass .	cards
10	––		(Road bridge) Wentorfgraben	Geltow		The bridge leads the Geltower Chaussee (K 6910) over the Wentorfgraben. The road is the connection from the Caputh ferry to Caputher Chaussee to Geltow . The bridge was rebuilt in autumn 2009 and opened to traffic.	cards
11	16,940		Caputher Gemünde railway bridge	Caputh / Geltow		The railway line of the bypass runs over the bridge, which runs west and north around Berlin. It goes from Jüterbog via Treuenbrietzen, Beelitz, Potsdam, Wustermark, Nauen and Kremmen to Oranienburg. A footbridge that can be reached by stairs is integrated into the bridge.	cards
12	14,680		Baumgarten Bridge	Petzow / Geltow		As a busy section of today's Bundesstraße 1 , the first steel arch bridge spanned the Havel from 1909. In 1910, animal figures by the sculptor Stephan Walter were placed on both sides of the arches . "[...] an otter on the right and a greyhound on the left, from whichever direction you came [...]" ( Festschrift ) Today's concrete bridge was built in 1998.	cards
13	0.590 Glindow Lake		Strict Bridge	Werder (Havel)		The Strengbrücke is a bridge over which the Bundesstrasse 1 leads at Werder an der Havel over the Strenggraben, a cut through from the Havel to Glindow Lake .	cards
14th	––		Island bridge	Werder (Havel)		During the centuries of settlement on the island, there were several bridge structures over the Havelarm, which is called Föse , and which runs past Werder to the west . A bridge was built on behalf of the soldier king Friedrich Wilhelm I. In 1736, he had the bridge to the island renewed for the soldiers billeted on the island, which also included some "tall guys" from his bodyguards. Today's bridge is a replacement structure that was built after the Second World War .	cards
15th	10.200		(Railway bridge) Werder	Werder (Havel)		The Berlin – Magdeburg railway , one of the oldest German railway lines , runs over the bridge . A footbridge that can be reached by stairs is integrated into the bridge.	cards
16	-		Footpath bridge over the branch canal Havelauen	Werder (Havel)		The footpath bridge in the Havel floodplains over the branch canal in Werder that was built in the 1990s was released on June 6, 2015.	cards
17th	1,380 (Wubl.)		Bike and footpath bridge over the Wublitz , (Wublitzbrücke)	Werder (Havel) / Töplitz		The bridge consists of a steel structure with a combined arch and suspension beam. The bridge railway consists of wooden planks. Their length is 73.83 meters. The spans are 19.96 meters between the bank and the pillars and 29.91 meters between the pillars in the river. The bridge was built from 1998 to 1999.	cards
18th	4,120 (Wubl.)		Road bridge pit - Leest	Werder (Havel) / Potsdam		The first wooden bridge was built in 1899 to provide a better connection between the island of Töplitz and Potsdam. Due to the increasing traffic, a new steel bridge was built in 1932. This was destroyed shortly before the end of the war in 1945. The replacement of this bridge runs a little further north than the original line. The L 902 leads over the bridge and connects Potsdam with the BAB 10 connected via the Leest junction .	cards
19th	6,850		Havel bridge Werder A 10	Werder (Havel)		The Havel Bridge is a two-tier, continuous steel girder bridge with a length of 704 meters and eleven openings as well as spans of 55 meters in the two end spans and 66 meters in the inner spans.	cards

literature

• Hans-J. Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways . transpress Verlag, Berlin, various years, ISBN 3-344-00115-9 .
• Writings of the Association for European Inland Shipping and Waterways e. V. various years. WESKA (Western European Shipping and Harbor Calendar), Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag, Duisburg-Ruhrort. OCLC 48960431
• Markus Vette: Töplitz prospects 2005, on the history of the island of Töplitz. Books on demand, Norderstedt, ISBN 3-8334-2207-6 .

cards

• Folke Stender: Editing of Sportschifffahrtskarten Binnen 1 Nautical Publication Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 3-926376-10-4 .
• W. Ciesla, H. Czesienski, W. Schlomm, K. Senzel, D. Weidner: Shipping maps of the inland waterways of the German Democratic Republic 1: 10,000. Volume 3, editor: Waterways Authority of the GDR. Berlin 1988. OCLC 830889996

Web links

Commons : Potsdamer Havel  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Umgehungsbahn bahnstrecken.de
2. ↑ A. Herrmann: The Baumgarten Bridge through the ages. In: Festschrift Geltow , 1993, p. 50.
3. ^ Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung v. May 26, 2015 Retrieved February 23, 2019