Loquitz Viaduct
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 50 ″ N , 11 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ E
| Loquitz Viaduct | ||
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| Subjugated | Loquitz | |
| construction | Three-bay supporting arch bridge made of diabase and slate | |
| start of building | circa 1884 | |
| completion | 1885 | |
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| Above sea level | 580 m | |
The Loquitz Viaduct is a railway bridge on the Ludwigsstadt – Lehesten railway line near Lauenhain on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia .
history
At the state border between Bavaria and Thuringia (formerly Saxony-Meiningen ) the route, which was opened in 1885, crossed the Loquitz river and made it necessary to build a railway bridge. The Loquitz Viaduct is probably the only arched bridge made of diabase and slate in the world . The building material for the bridge came from the ducal break in Lehesten (today Lehesten Slate Park ) and the nearby Krummholzhammer. In 1935 the bridge got a concrete parapet.
In 1952 the section of the railway line on the Thuringian side (then GDR ) was dismantled. Part of the former route is now used as the “Schieferpfad - On the trail of blue gold” hiking trail.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board at the Loquitz Viaduct
- ^ List of architectural monuments in Ludwigsstadt-Lauenhain / Loquitzviadukt
- ↑ Slate Path . Nature Park Center Obere Saale-Sormitz e. V. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
Web links
- Slate path. Nature Park Center Obere Saale-Sormitz e. V. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .