Neumarkt Bridge
The Neumarktbrücke , official name Waterloobrücke , is a listed bridge in the city of Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments it is listed as a monument with registration number 094 20250 .
General
The Neumarktbrücke is a bridge over the Saale at the foot of Merseburg Castle .
history
The first documentary mention of the bridge was made by Barbarossa in connection with the first documentary mention of Neumarkt , today a district of Merseburg, in 1188. Most of the arches of the original bridge are said to have been built from stone right from the start, with only a wooden bridge in the middle section. There were frequent acts of war at the bridge, which was followed by destruction and damage. During the Schmalkaldic War , the bridge was destroyed in 1547 and later rebuilt. The wooden transition was given a roof; from then on it was called the roof bridge .
During the Thirty Years War , Swedish and French troops destroyed the bridge several times. It was burned down in 1636, 1637 and 1641 and several times in 1640. In 1644 the wooden crossing was thrown into the river. But it was always built up quickly. The successor building, built in 1664, was a lift bridge, the side arches of which were made of stone and the middle part of a wooden bridge.
It was burned down by French soldiers during the Seven Years' War in 1757. The wooden bridge was only replaced by a stone arch between 1781 and 1783. The bridge was partially destroyed during the Wars of Liberation in 1813. In 1882 the bridge was widened. A memorial plaque was attached to the bridge in 1891. It was named Waterloo Bridge , but it did not catch on. It was given its present shape through a redesign between 1926 and 1927, where it was widened again.
Plaque
On the west side of the bridge there is a memorial plaque that reminds of a special event. On the bridge, King Friedrich Wilhelm III. in the presence of the Princes Friedrich Wilhelm IV. and Wilhelm I received the news of the Battle of Waterloo and the victory over Napoleon . The news was delivered by Colonel Adolf Eduard von Thile . The memorial plaque was placed on the occasion of the renaming of the bridge in Waterloobrücke in 1891. After the Second World War the memorial plaque disappeared; it was reattached in 1999.
Inscription plaque
June 25, 1815 the most blessed King
Friedrich Wilhelm III
in the presence of the royal prince of
the future King
Friedrich Wilhelm IV a.
of the future king and emperor
Wilhelm I
brought the news of the battle and the victory of Waterloo through the current Supreme
General of the Infantry
von Thile .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ a b c Neumarktbrücke , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 13, 2018
- ↑ Battle of Waterloo , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 13, 2018
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '26.6 " N , 12 ° 0' 9.2" E