Meyenkrebs Bridge
The Meyenkrebsbrücke is an arched bridge on the federal highway 194 . After the Kahldenbrücke it is the second road bridge over the Peene in the area of the Hanseatic city of Demmin . It takes its name from the Meyenkrebs district on the northern left bank of the Peene. The clearance height of the Meyenkrebsbrücke is 4.5 meters.
history
A northern Peene bridge existed before the Thirty Years War . During the Hanseatic period, it was important for Demmin's trade connections to the Hanseatic cities of Rostock and Stralsund .
After the Swedish-Brandenburg War , a new bridge had to be built in 1678 after the old one had been torn down by the Swedes when the troops of the Great Elector arrived. After the Treaty of Stockholm the city of Demmin became a Prussian border fortress. Swedish Pomerania, north of the Peene, began right behind the Meyenkrebsbrücke
During the Seven Years' War the bridge was destroyed again by the Swedes. The Demminers had to replace it with an emergency bridge after the war. When this obstructed the royal Prussian grain transports to Stettin , a bascule bridge was built .
The bridge was destroyed again during the occupation of northern Germany by the French in 1806 and 1807. In January 1807, French troops crossed the icy Peene near Meyenkrebs and rebuilt the bridge so that cavalry and artillery could be moved to Swedish Pomerania.
In 1920 the wooden double bascule bridge was replaced by a reinforced concrete structure. At the end of the Second World War , the bridge was destroyed by withdrawing German troops. A new bridge, today's arch bridge, was completed in 1956. Extensive repairs were carried out between 1996 and 1998.
Flow meter
In 2004, on behalf of the State Office for the Environment and Nature in Neubrandenburg, an automatic stationary flow measuring system was put into operation directly under the Meyenkrebs Bridge. The system works on the principle of ultrasonic transit time difference measurement and enables continuous flow measurement on the lower reaches of the Peene, immediately after the tributaries of the Trebel and Tollense . The system is also able to detect a flow reversal of the Peene, as can occur in the case of Baltic floods.
literature
- Karl Goetze: History of the city of Demmin edited on the basis of the Demmin Council Archives, the Stollesche Chronik and other sources . Demmin 1903, reprint 1997, ISBN 3-89557-077-X
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State water science measuring network expanded: New flow measuring system for Peene in Demmin. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008 ; Retrieved April 8, 2013 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 1 ′ 37 ″ E