Podul Mihai Viteazul (Timișoara)

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Podul Mihai Viteazul is the name of a bridge in the western Romanian city ​​of Timișoara . It crosses the Bega at Piața Sarmisegetuza and is one of the three bridges in Fabric , the 2nd district of the city. The building has been named after the Romanian national hero Mihai Viteazul since 1924 . Until 1919 it was referred to as Malom-téri hid , then for five years as Podul din Piața Morii , German for  each Mühlenplatzbrücke . In both cases the name was derived from the earlier name of Piața Sarmisegetuza.

prehistory

The Bega used to have several arms in the factory town, on which a large number of water mills were in operation. To make better use of hydropower, the city council decided in 1902 to build the Timișoara hydropower plant and to close the water mills at the same time. The systematisation plan from 1901 to 1903 by the engineer László Szesztay provided for the straightening of the Bega over a length of 2.4 kilometers. Three new bridges were built on this route: at today's Piața Sarmisegetuza, at today's Piața Badea Cârțan and at the later Baia Publică Neptun .

The old bridge

The construction of the bridges was put out to tender . 14 applications were received from companies in Budapest , Timișoara and Arad . The Budapest company Magyar beton és vasbeton építési vállalat was awarded the contract for the bridge treated here . In the spring of 1908 the contracts were signed. The construction of the bridge was the responsibility of the Budapest office of Aladár Kovács – Sebestény .

Aladár Kovács – Sebestény (* 1858 in Buda, † 1921 Budapest) was a respected hydrotechnician . After completing his studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , he settled in Timișoara, where he became head of the water regulation commission. He developed the project to regularize the Bega and Temesch as well as the project to build the dams. Together with Ludwig von Ybl , he worked out the city's first systematization plan.

The architect of the bridge was the Budapest Rezső Hikisch . In preparation for the construction work, he made several study trips to Budapest, Dresden and Munich .

The four reliefs on the bridgeheads were created in the studio of the sculptor Nándor Gallas from Timișoara and represent the following figures:

  • a female figure with the city seal
  • a tanner working on a hide
  • a miller with a sack on his back
  • a worker loading a boat

On the part of the city, the engineers Emil Szilárd and Stan Vidrighin were responsible for the project. The bridge was completed in 1909. It has also been used by the Timișoara tram since 1930 , when the new section between Piața Sarmisegetuza and Spitalul Victor Babeș went into operation.

The new bridge

Time did not leave the bridge without a trace, signs of aging and wear became visible. 1970–1971 the Institutul de Proiectare Timiș (IPROTIM) was commissioned to assess the bridge. The damage found was serious. In 1980 the bridge was demolished and replaced by a reinforced concrete bridge. The construction of the new bridge was carried out by IPROTIM under the direction of engineer Radu Marinov .

The new bridge had a central opening of 31 meters, the two side openings were each 9.30 meters. The carriageway is seven meters wide and the two pedestrian paths are three meters each. The four reliefs that were temporarily stored in the Banat Museum were moved to the ends of the bridge.

See also

literature

  • Árpád Jancsó: Istoricul podurilor din Timișoara. Editura Mirton, Timișoara 2001, ISBN 973-585-545-3 .
  • Else von Schuster: A tour of Timisoara. = O plimbare prin Timişoara. 3. Edition. ADZ, Bucureşti 2001.
  • Timisoara - Timisoara. A Southeast European city in a changing era. Hometown community Timisoara, Heidenheim 1994.

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Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 35.8 "  N , 21 ° 15 ′ 31.8"  E