Melbbrücke

The roadway of the Melbbrücke in Bonn

The Melbbrücke is a three-arched stone bridge from the 19th century in the Bonn district of Ippendorf , which spans the Engelsbach in the Melbe Valley on the border with the Venusberg district . It stands as a monument under monument protection .

Construction and data

The Melbbrücke is completely made of field fire bricks - only the foundation bases are made of rubble stones - and has three circular segment arcs of roughly the same size, each with a span of 6.15 m. It is 41.20 m long and 5.00 m wide.

history

The bridge was built around 1845, probably in connection with the neighboring Melb estate . In 1852 Wilhelm Schirmer painted the Melbe valley with the bridge. In 1902 the structure was repaired. In 1971/72 the bridge was extensively renovated and, among other things, the end walls and parapets that were no longer stable were dismantled and a reinforced concrete structure was built to absorb the traffic loads .

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  The south side of the Melbbrücke in Bonn

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  The north side of the Melbbrücke in Bonn

Web links

• Short texts on the preservation of monuments - description of the Melbbrücke Bonn ( Memento from December 3, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), baufachinformationen.de, Fraunhofer IRB
• Melbbrücke. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), number A 3849
2. ↑ Bettina Köhl: Dry feet over the Engelbach , Bonner General-Anzeiger , August 6, 2011
3. ↑ Horst Heidermann : The Wuppertal villas and apartments - search for traces on the Rhine . In: Geschichte im Wuppertal , vol. 20, 2011, p. 14. ( online PDF ; 1.9 MB)

Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 40.9 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 19.3 ″  E