Pfennig Bridge (Celle)

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The Pfennig Bridge, seen from the bank of the Dammaschwiese in Hehlentor with a view over the Aller towards the Fritzenwiese group of houses in Blumlage / Altstadt

The Pfennigbrücke in Celle is a popular pedestrian and cyclist bridge over the Aller . It is considered the "[...] entrance and exit to the city center" and connects the districts of Blumlage / Altstadt on the Fritzenwiese row of houses with the district of Hehlentor . The bridge is the destination of the all winter torch swimming, organized by the German Life Rescue Society since 1966 .

history

View over the wooden bridge railing Allerauf, on the right a group of houses in Blumlage on the Fritzenwiese

The Pfennig Bridge was first built in 1900 as a privately operated wooden bridge over the Aller during the German Empire . Passers-by initially had to pay a penny bridge duty, later double that amount, as the writer Hans Fallada also remembered.

The Pfennig Bridge was destroyed several times by floods until it was completely demolished in 1923 - shortly before the peak of German hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic . It was not rebuilt until 1925, again as a private investment .

View from the landing stage of the Nölke fishery to the Pfennigbrücke, in the background the General Hospital Celle (AKH Celle)
Pillars of concrete defy at high tide the water pressure

At the time of National Socialism and during the Second World War , the Pfennig Bridge became the property of the city of Celle, which replaced the wooden bridge with a concrete bridge in the economic boom in 1952 .

A work of art funded by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth as part of the federal program “ Promote Tolerance - Strengthen Competence ” , which was made by the association atelier 22 as part of integrative district work together with young people, has been commemorating the bridge toll that was previously payable . On the basis of a pixelated photograph of the opposite bank, the walls at the entrance to the Pfennig Bridge were brightly painted and provided with painted coins. In 2014 the work of art was inaugurated in the presence of the local mayors Gudrun Jahnke and Katja Hufschmidt-Bergmann after it had been vandalized by paint sprayers before completion .

A lighting system has recently been installed on the bridge , with the light installation changing colors .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Pfennigbrücke  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b N.N. : Building a cultural bridge with an art project - official inauguration at Pfennigbrücke , in Peter Fehlhaber (Responsible): CelleHeute (online newspaper) from June 27, 2014 in the version from January 11, 2016
  2. ↑ RWLE Möller : All winter torch swimming. In; RWLE Möller: Celle Lexicon . From Abbensen to between. Lax, Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-7848-4039-6 , p. 4
  3. ↑ a b c RWLE Möller: Pfennigbrücke , in ders .: Celle-Lexikon ... , p. 175f.
  4. ↑ Dirk-Ulrich Mende (responsible): The lighting of the Pfennig Bridge on the celle.de page ( undated ), last accessed on January 11, 2016

Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 12.9 ″  E