Max Bridge (Nuremberg)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 12 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  E

Max Bridge in Nuremberg
Max Bridge in Nuremberg
Max Bridge at night
Convicted Road traffic
Subjugated Pegnitz
place Nuremberg
location
Maxbrücke (Nuremberg) (Bavaria)
Max Bridge (Nuremberg)

The Maxbrücke is an arch bridge over the Pegnitz in the old town of Nuremberg . The three-bay sandstone cuboid bridge has cast iron tracery panels and is considered the oldest stone bridge in the city. It connects the Unschlittplatz in the Lorenz old town south of the Pegnitz with the Nägeleinsplatz in the north of the Sebald old town. The building is located between the flea market island in the east and the Kettensteg in the west.

history

The Maxbrücke was built by the Rothenburg master builder Jakob Grimm, and it was completed in 1457. At that time it was called the Stone Bridge . Later, in order to be able to defend the city against attacks from the river, two cannon roundabouts were added. In honor of the Bavarian King Maximilian I Joseph , the bridge was renamed Maxbrücke in 1810 . The place on the new building near the north side of the bridge was given its current name Maxplatz for the same reason .

The Maxbrücke was damaged by a fire in the wooden water tower of the Nägeleinsmühle on the northern bank of the Pegnitz, so that it was repaired and redesigned according to plans by Bernhard Solger . In 1852 it was opened to traffic again.

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literature

Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 , p. 679 ( complete edition online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günther P. Fehring, Anton Ress: Die Stadt Nürnberg, 2nd edition edited by Wilhelm Schwemmer, Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich ISBN 3-422-00558-7 pages 259.

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