List of the Neisse bridges in Görlitz and Zgorzelec

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The city of Görlitz owned numerous bridges over the Lusatian Neisse until all river crossings were blown up by Wehrmacht troops on May 7, 1945 (the last day of the war before the surrender of the German Reich on May 8, 1945) . To date, however, not all bridges to the Polish sister city of Zgorzelec and the neighboring Polish communities have been rebuilt. The list of Neisse bridges in Görlitz and Zgorzelec lists all railway, pedestrian and road crossings over the Lausitz Neisse in the present-day urban area of ​​Görlitz that existed until 1945 and have been abandoned or rebuilt since then, as well as crossings that were built after War were built in new locations.

Notes on the information in the tables

  • In the column picture - if available - a picture of the historical or current bridge structure is inserted. In some of the destroyed bridges, the fragments of the bridge, such as abutments and pillars, are shown.
  • The Description column contains a brief description, notes on the history and, if applicable, structural details of the bridge.
  • In the column built is the year of construction of the first bridge at this location. If the year of construction is not known, the word "unknown" is entered. The column is sortable.
  • In the column destroyed / rebuilt , the times are given when the bridge was destroyed and, if applicable, when it was rebuilt, separated by a dash. If the bridge has not been rebuilt, a dash "-" is indicated. The column is sortable.
  • In the column associated with locality 1945 , the names of the municipality in which the bridge was located in 1945 are listed. In the case of new bridges built after 1945, a dash “-” is indicated.
  • The geographic coordinates of the bridge are given as the location . The column is sortable.

bridges

Surname image description Built destroyed / rebuilt associated village 1945 Location
Old Town Bridge Görlitz - Old Town Bridge 01 ies.jpg The old town bridge was the first fortified Neisse crossing in the Görlitz city area. From the 13th century until 1945 it connected the Görlitz old town with the Ostvorstadt in various forms . After the bridge was blown up in May 1945 and the city was subsequently separated into a German and a Polish part, only the stone abutments on both sides of the river were reminiscent of the last steel truss arch bridge. In 2004, a new building was opened as a pedestrian bridge between Görlitz on the German side and Zgorzelec on the Polish side over the Lusatian Neisse. 13th Century May 7, 1945 / October 20, 2004 Goerlitz 51 ° 9 '27.57 "  N , 14 ° 59" 38.7 "  E
Ludwigsdorf-Jędrzychowice motorway bridge In August 1996, the approximately 340 m long bridge was completed as part of the Federal Motorway 4 or Autostrada 4 and handed over to its use. It crosses the Neisse north of the urban area between the Görlitz district of Ludwigsdorf and the Polish Jędrzychowice . The Ludwigsdorf motorway border crossing point was on the German side until Poland joined the Schengen Agreement in 2007. The border installations were largely dismantled in the following period. 1996 - 51 ° 10 '50.91 "  N , 15 ° 0' 30.91"  O
Hagenwerder-Radomierzyce bridge Görlitz Hagenwerder Radomierzyce Radmeritz Neißebrücke O 2009 a.jpg In 2001, work began on rebuilding the Neisse bridge between Radmeritz and Hagenwerder, which was destroyed in 1945 . The 300 m long bridge consists of the Neisse and flood bridges. On November 6, 2003, the bridge and the associated border crossing were opened. The provisional border buildings on the German side were dismantled in the following years 2008/09 after Poland joined Schengen in 2007. Only the handling facilities on the Polish side still exist. unknown May 7, 1945 / November 6, 2003 Hagenwerder 51 ° 3 '37.39 "  N , 14 ° 57' 56.14"  O
Posottendorf-Leschwitz bridge The bridge was first mentioned in 1367. However, the former steel bridge was not built until 1883 between Posottendorf on the east bank and Leschwitz on the west bank. The Posottendorf manor was on the east bank of the bridge and a cloth factory on the west bank. The village Posottendorf-Leschwitz was renamed in 1936 in the course of the Germanization of the place names in Weinhübel . The bridge was blown up by Wehrmacht troops on May 7, 1945 and has never been rebuilt since then. Today only the bridgeheads and piers remind of the former Neisse crossing. Even the manor no longer exists today. Only the dilapidated building of the former cloth factory still exists.

The western part of the bridge was designed as a truss bridge and spanned the Neisse between the western bridgehead and the central river pillar. The adjoining eastern part was supported without framework on two further pillars and the eastern bridgehead.

A reconstruction of the bridge for pedestrian and bicycle traffic is being investigated more intensively.

1883 May 7, 1945 / - Weinhübel 51 ° 6 '58.53 "  N , 14 ° 59' 10.78"  O
Hagenwerder railway bridge Railway bridge over lusatian neisse between hagenwerder and zawidow 2007.JPG The former railway bridge south of Hagenwerder was part of the Görlitz – Seidenberg railway line and connected the eastern and western banks of the Neisse between 1875 and 1945. On the German side, a road now runs over the former embankment. Today only two bridge piers and the bridgeheads remind of the railway bridge. 1875 May 7, 1945 / - Hagenwerder 51 ° 3 '47.35 "  N , 14 ° 58' 2.1"  E
Pedestrian bridge on Lindenweg Pedestrian bridge Lindenweg Goerlitz.jpg The steel arch bridge led from the western bank of the old Schützenhaus at the level of the confluence of the Linden- or Schützenweg on the Uferstraße over to the eastern bank of the Neisse. On the east side, the bridge opened on Prager Straße (today: Ulica Ignacego Daszyńskiego) at the level of the valley road (today: Ulica Andrzeja Struga). At times, before the bridge was built, a ferry connected both sides of the river at this point. There is evidence that the ferry operated from 1867 at the latest until the bridge was built according to a city and development plan by Dr. Gotthold Kühnemann and a city map from E. Remer's publishing house between the shooting house on the west bank and the ferry route on the east bank, which led to Prager Strasse. In November 2014 it was announced that the city would receive 1.6 million euros from the National Urban Development Projects program for the construction of a bridge at this point. The funds are available until 2018. It is unclear when construction will start. unknown May 7, 1945 / - Goerlitz 51 ° 9 '12.93 "  N , 14 ° 59' 55.12"  E
Footbridge to the Neisse Island Neisse bridges Görlitz.JPG Until 1945 there was a bridge from Inselweg to the larger Neisse island south of the viaduct. There was an excursion and dance hall on the island. On the western bridgehead, which protrudes far into the river, there is now a resting place for cyclists and walkers with a roofed hut and benches. On the island there is also a resting place for rowers and guests of the nearby Obermühle . unknown May 7, 1945 / - Goerlitz 51 ° 8 ′ 30.46 "  N , 14 ° 59 ′ 22.87"  E
Pedestrian bridge on Nikolaigraben (gas pipe overpass) Hirschwinkel bridge and gas pipe overpass Nikolaigraben.JPG With the commissioning of the gas works in Hennersdorf northeast of Görlitz in 1905, a transfer option was needed for the gas to the parts of the city west of the Neisse. For this purpose, in addition to a gas pipe overpass, a pedestrian bridge was probably built in 1905 as an extension of the Nikolaigraben. It was a steel truss bridge and led at the confluence of the Lunitz south of today's student residence Am Hirschwinkel over the Neisse to the so-called Bleichen north of the east city or on the way to An der Wasserpforte . The bridge was blown up by Wehrmacht troops on May 7, 1945, cutting off the gas supply to the western city. around 1905 May 7, 1945 / - Goerlitz 51 ° 9 '36.85 "  N , 14 ° 59' 37.06"  O
Neißesteg Neißesteg Goerlitz.jpg An iron pedestrian bridge existed west of the Neisse Viaduct from 1893 to May 7, 1945 - the Neißesteg, also known as the catwalk. On the western bank, a few steps led up from the Inselweg to the bridgehead. The bridge led over the Inselweg and the Neisse to the eastern bank. About in the middle of the bridge a steel staircase led to the large Neisse island. The abutment with the staircase substructure is still clearly visible on the Polish side. 1893 May 7, 1945 / - Goerlitz 51 ° 8 '33.23 "  N , 14 ° 59' 25.82"  E
Neisse Viaduct Aerial photo of the Lausitzer Neisse railway viaduct 2008 Pehlemann cropped.jpg The Neißeviadukt is a 475 m long railway bridge over the Neißetal. The viaduct is one of the largest and oldest railway bridges in Germany. It was opened in 1847 with the railway line between Görlitz and Kohlfurt as part of the former railway connection between the Saxon capital Dresden and the Silesian provincial capital Breslau. In 1923 the electric train service over the viaduct started. However, like the other Neisse crossings on May 7, 1945, it fell victim to the Wehrmacht's demolition squads. The blasted bridge arches were rebuilt by Polish skilled workers by 1957. 1847 May 7, 1945/1957 Goerlitz 51 ° 8 '34.08 "  N , 14 ° 59' 26.27"  O
City bridge City bridge Görlitz Zgorzelec.jpg The bridge , officially known today as Johannes-Paul-II-Stadtbrücke , was consecrated under the name Reichenberger-Brücke when it was completed in 1875 and was the first major road bridge in the city. It should better connect the former Görlitzer Ostvorstadt - today's Zgorzelec - to the city center. Until the completion of the road bridge, the Neisse could only be crossed in the urban area via the old town bridge. The Görlitz tram crossed the bridge between 1897 and 1945. On the last day of the war, the bridge was destroyed by Wehrmacht troops, but shortly afterwards it was provisionally restored by the Soviet occupation forces. Today it is the only inner-city border crossing for motor vehicles. 1875 May 7, 1945 / October 1, 1958 (approval for cars) Goerlitz 51 ° 9 '0.95 "  N , 15 ° 0' 3.09"  E

Planning for future bridges

The overall transport concept of the city of Görlitz provides for the construction of new cross-border bridges by 2020. This also includes the project for the reconstruction of the Weinhübler Bridge for pedestrian and bicycle traffic. In addition to a new bridge as an extension of the Schlesische Straße past the sewage treatment plant in Königshufen over to the Polish side to Ulica Henrykowska or further to the Zgorzelec motorway junction, this construction project is being examined in more depth. This bridge should serve the local commercial traffic and relieve the city bridge. A pedestrian bridge in the northern district of Ober-Neundorf across to the Polish Żarka nad Nysą is also being examined more intensively. The reconstruction of the bridge on Nikolaigraben is currently being postponed, as is the construction of a new bridge in the extension of Emmerichstrasse. The two were designed as potential car transitions. The pedestrian bridge on Lindenweg is to be rebuilt with the help of federal funds.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b goerlitz.de: Potential border crossings in Görlitz . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 4, 2011 ; Retrieved August 25, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goerlitz.de
  2. ↑ Dr. Gotthold Kühnemann: The latest plan from Görlitz . Grack, Berlin 1867.
  3. ^ M. von Wittenburg (draftsman): Plan of the city of Görlitz . 2nd Edition. E. Remer, Görlitz 1867.
  4. ↑ a b Daniela Pfeiffer: Görlitz gets the third Neisse bridge . In: Saxon newspaper . November 20, 2014 ( http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/goerlitz-bekommen-die-dritte-neisse-bruecke-2976669.html online)
  5. ^ Jecht, Richard: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 709 .