Martin Kilian Bridge

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Martin Kilian Bridge in Wernigerode (2016)

The listed Martin-Kilian-Brücke (in the vernacular Kiliankreisel ) in Wernigerode , Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt is used as a bicycle and pedestrian crossing over Halberstädter Straße between the residential areas Burgbreite and Stadtfeld .

location

The bridge at the eastern entrance to Wernigerode spans Halberstädter Strasse, one of the city's most important arterial roads.

Architecture and history

The curved steel construction rests on two pylons in the shape of a gyro, which form a kind of city gate. A footpath and cycle path on synthetic resin pavement leads above it.

The bridge created the connection from the POS, located in the new development area Burgbreite, to the gym on the other side of the busy trunk road 6 (the later federal road 6 , today L  85).

The building was built on the initiative of the then mayor Martin Kilian ( SED ) and the city architect Wolfgang Köhler. Planning began in 1974 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the GDR. One million GDR marks were available for the construction costs . The design engineer Dieter Eilers from VEB Stahlbau und Montage Wernigerode was involved in the drafts, which were based on the model of a steel bridge in Berlin.

Construction work on Halberstädter Strasse began at the beginning of 1977. On October 6, 1977 - one day before the anniversary of the founding of the GDR - the inauguration of the bridge took place.

In memory of the long-time mayor of Wernigerode, Lord Mayor Peter Gaffert (independent) named the bridge the Martin Kilian Bridge on November 17, 2016 .

In the local register of monuments , the bridge is listed as a monument under registration number 094 25158.

Web links

Commons : Kilianskreisel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kiliankreisel is now officially called Martin-Kilian-Brücke. Remembrance of the long-time mayor of Wernigerode , in: Harzer Volksstimme, November 18, 2016, p. 13
  2. ^ Wernigerode city administration, press office: Remembrance of Martin Kilian: Bridge receives official name. (No longer available online.) In: wernigerode.de. November 2016, archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf

Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 21.8 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 0.8 ″  E