Paradise Bridge (Jena)

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View from the west

Paradiesbrücke is the name for two bridges about 50 m apart over the Saale south of downtown Jena . The northern bridge (built 1976 to 1980) is a road bridge with sidewalks, the southern bridge (built as a road bridge in 1927/28 to replace the Schützenbrücke , reconstruction around 1995) is a combined tram and pedestrian bridge. The northern bridge leads the Stadtrodaer Straße (part of the federal highway 88 ) , which has been partially developed as an expressway , over the river and connects the Jena center with the Jena districts to the southeast , the federal motorway 4 and parts of the Saale-Holzland district .

The Schützenbrücke as a precursor (1882 to 1928)

There was a ferry at the location of the Paradiesbrücke in the 19th century . Since this no longer met the traffic requirements after the opening of the new club area of ​​the Jenaer Schützengesellschaft southeast of the Saale, a bridge was necessary. The shooters founded a construction company for this purpose. On February 13, 1882, the Schützenbrücke was opened as a steel arch bridge with a walkway below. Because of its non-barrier-free access and the narrow passage width of about 2 m, it was a pedestrian bridge , the use was chargeable (3 Pfennig, also sale of season tickets ). The bridge could only be used by a maximum of 30 people at the same time; For safety reasons, special rules of conduct and restrictions for carried loads sometimes applied. On May 15, 1901, it became the property of the city.

After 1910 the Schützenbrücke became a traffic bottleneck; because after the riflemen had moved to the north of Jena, the area they had previously used could be built on (including the secondary school for around 600 students), and later new residential areas were built on the Hausberg and under the core mountains . In 1913 there was a project for a new bridge, but construction was delayed until the 1920s. After the opening of the new building, the superstructure of the Schützenbrücke was placed on the right bank of the Saale, rolled through the Oberaue to the level of the lawn mill island and put back into operation as a sports ground across the Saale. In the 1970s it was scrapped after a concrete bridge had been built next to it.

The first Paradise Bridge (1928 to 1995)

The contract to build the first Paradiesbrücke was awarded to the construction companies Rudolf Wolle and Dyckerhoff & Widmann in 1927 . On December 7, 1927, the bridge could provisionally only be opened to pedestrians and on June 13, 1928 it was finally opened. It was 95 m long and 12 m wide with a roadway width of 7.5 m; the construction cost 806,000 Reichsmarks . Towards the end of World War II, the bridge was badly damaged and was unusable until the damage was repaired; during this time a pontoon bridge anchored nearby had to commence traffic.

The connection of Stadtrodaer Straße to the south side of the Paradiesbrücke in 1968 brought the bridge and the adjoining road network to the limit of their capacity. A new or reconstruction of the bridge at the old location would hardly have improved the inadequate flow of traffic, mainly because of the winding road connection to the city center. Therefore, in the 1970s, a new bridge was built at a nearby, but more suitable, location and the old one was opened to pedestrians and cyclists in 1980. In 1995 it was completely converted into a tram bridge.

The second Paradise Bridge (from 1980)

A powerful Saale crossing was necessary for the continuation of the four-lane Stadtrodaer Straße to Jena city center. A suitable place for this was between what was then Karl-Marx-Platz (today Jenaplan ) on the right and the continuation of Fischergasse on the left bank of the Saale. However, extensive preparations had to be made for the bridge construction. First of all, the ice rake weir located halfway between the Paradies- and Camsdorf bridges had to be removed from the Saale and rebuilt about 450 m upstream as a paradise weir in order to lower the water level at the location of the new bridge. A steel bridge had to be inserted into the embankment of the Saale Railway in order to be able to establish the road connection to the city center.

The new Paradise Bridge was opened on September 30, 1980. It is 91 m long, 32 m wide and contains two directional lanes, each with two continuous lanes and turning lanes, as well as a wide bicycle and sidewalk on each side. On the inner city side, a right-angled pedestrian tunnel was built right next to the bridge in order to continue the “Promenadenweg” through paradise to the Camsdorfer bridge. There are plans this tunnel by lengthening and flattening of the ramps accessible to rebuild; however, the very high cost has so far prevented its implementation.

The tram bridge (from 1995)

Old Paradise Bridge in Jena under construction to become a tram bridge, February 1995

The tram route east of the Oberaue, to be built from 1993, had to cross the Saale south of Jena city center. The location of the old Paradiesbrücke proved to be useful for this; However, this itself was unsuitable for modern tram traffic because of the steep driveway from the city center and insufficient load-bearing capacity.

In 1995/1996 it was completely rebuilt. The concrete superstructures were removed, the well-preserved pillars were partially shortened and a new deck was made. In addition to the tracks, this includes a wide and a narrow side path for cyclists and pedestrians.

View of the "old" Paradiesbrücke, converted into a tram bridge, July 2009

Scheduled tram traffic over the bridge began on December 16, 1997; the handover of the bridge for cyclists, pedestrians, test drives and diversion trips of the tram took place a few months beforehand.

use

Car traffic rolls over the northern bridge from Lobeda , from Autobahn 4 and thus from the directions Dresden, Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg to the city ​​center of Jena and to western , northern and eastern parts of the city. The city bus routes 16, 47 and 48, several regional and long-distance bus routes as well as the Saaleradweg also cross the bridge.

Tram lines 1, 4 and 5 as well as numerous service trips to and from the Burgau tram depot run over the southern bridge . The Thuringian City Chain Cycle Route also leads over the bridge.

Surroundings

In the immediate vicinity is the Paradise Weir with a small run-of-river power station , the Paradise Station and the employment agency. Significant buildings nearby include the Red Tower , the “Adolf Reichwein” cooperative comprehensive school (former secondary school, building from 1914), the public bath and the Karl-Volkmar-Stoy-Schule with its representative building built in 1892.

Adjacent bridges

Downstream is the Camsdorfer Bridge , upstream the sports field footbridge in the Volkspark Oberaue .

Web links

Commons : Bridge of Paradise  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jenaer Schützenverein Erlkönig eV Accessed on May 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Detailed history of the Schützenbrücke in: Volker Helmig: Historie der Schützengesellschaft Jena. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Just Bergner: A whole class fits on the clock tower . Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium opened 90 years ago as a municipal high school. Ostthüringer Zeitung, Jena local section, April 22, 2004
  4. ↑ Jena Municipal Museums: Jena, Schützensteg at the old location. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ View from the user's point of view in: 100 years of Jena in the photo. Pictures from old Jena. jena-information 1985, p. 55, picture 68
  6. ↑ Jena Municipal Museums: Jena, old and new Schützenbrücke, today Paradiesbrücke. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jena Municipal Museums: Jena, Schützenbrücke during the relocation. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Photo of the installation at the new location (in the background the buildings of today's university sports facility): Jena Municipal Museums: Jena, old Schützenbrücke on the transport to the lawn mill island. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ All technical information on the bridge taken from: Herbert Koch: Geschichte der Stadt Jena , Gustav-Fischer-Verlag, Jena 1996, p. 352, ISBN 3-437-35130-3
  10. ^ Jena Municipal Museums: Jena, Destroyed Paradise Bridge. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Photos of the building preparations and the opening in: 100 years of Jena in the photo. Pictures from the new Jena. jena-information 1986, pictures 115, 116, 117
  12. ↑ 100 years of Jena in the photo. Pictures from the new Jena. jena-information 1986, p. 5 of the introduction

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 29.9 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 25.8"  E