Monbijou Bridge (Bern)
The Monbijoubrücke connects the Monbijou district across the Aare with the Kirchenfeld district .
The Monbijou quarter takes its name from the Mon Bijou country house ( French for "my jewel") built in 1775 and remodeled in 1820 at today's Monbijoustrasse 5/7 and the homonymous estate. The concrete bridge was built by Hartenbach and Wenger in a two-year construction period and inaugurated on August 8, 1962. It is 337.5 m long and 23.5 m wide.
From the Monbijou Bridge you have a good view of the south facade of the Federal Palace and the old town of Bern .
See also
Web links
Commons : Monbijoubrücke - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Monbijou Bridge. In: Structurae
- Information about the Monbijou Bridge on g26.ch ( Memento from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- TV report (about the criticism from the neighborhood), August 29, 1962
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '23.5 " N , 7 ° 26' 35.6" E ; CH1903: six hundred thousand three hundred forty-nine / 198753 46.93987 7.44322