Praunheimer Bridge
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 53 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 25 ″ E
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| Official name | Praunheimer Bridge | |
| use | Pedestrians, cyclists and cars | |
| Crossing of | K814 | |
| Subjugated | Nidda | |
| place | Frankfurt-Praunheim | |
| overall length | approx. 39 m | |
| width | approx. 13 m | |
| start of building | circa 1986 | |
| completion | 1988 | |
| construction time | 2 | |
| Status | Well | |
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| Above sea level | 102 m above sea level NHN | |
The Praunheimer Brücke crosses the Nidda River in the Praunheim district of Frankfurt . The Praunheimer Landstrasse connects to the south and the Alt-Praunheim road to the north .
History of the bridge
The bridge was first mentioned in 1556. It is believed that it was destroyed or damaged by floods at this time . A proven destruction took place in 1602, because wood was brought from the Hohen Mark for repairs . During the Thirty Years' War the bridge was damaged several times and from 1637 contributions were collected for a further renovation of the bridge. This was completed in 1642.
It is documented that in 1827 the bridge was extended and the road to Hausen was built. The bridge thus became part of the district road from Frankfurt am Main via Bockenheim , Hausen, Praunheim and Niederursel to Oberursel .
On August 30, 1892, the Praunheimer Bridge was brought down by a 17.5 ton steam roller . The arch bridge was overhauled in 1969, but at that time it was no longer able to cope with traffic. Around 1985 a separate pedestrian bridge was built next to the bridge. With the construction of today's bridge in 1988, the removable pedestrian bridge was moved to Hausen (Hausener Obergasse / Hausener Weg).
Immediately on the southeast side of the Praunheimer Brücke there is a kiosk and a large parking lot for visitors to the Niddapark .
Local public transport since 1913
The Praunheimer Brücke has always been an important traffic junction. Line 18 of the Frankfurt am Main tram has been running since 1913 (as the successor to the privately operated horse-drawn omnibus that was in operation before 1872 ) coming from Schönhof to Praunheimer Brücke. In 1928 the bridge became the end point of the new bus connection through the Römerstadt , which connected Praunheim with the stop of the Frankfurter Lokalbahn (later the lines U1, U2 and U3 of the Frankfurt underground ) in neighboring Heddernheim . In 1944, trolleybuses were used on the 2.7 km long route due to the lack of petrol , which - after business interruption - ran again from 1948 to 1959. The route was then switched to diesel buses and is still served today. Until 1986, the Praunheimer Brücke (on the Hausen side) was the final stop of various tram lines (most recently line 18 again). At the same time, the end point of line 67 was relocated to Hausen or the Industriehof .
After the establishment of the underground line U7 , the partially single-track tram line was discontinued and dismantled between the current terminus at Hausen and the Praunheimer Brücke.
With the changeover to lines 72 and 73 , the terminus are Industriehof and Rödelheim Bahnhof (72) and Westbahnhof (73).
The night bus line n2 runs towards Konstablerwache via Hausen.
Inscriptions
| Inscription of the stone | Inscription of the brass plate |
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ANNO 1827 this bridge was extended |
The memorial stone was recovered and restored when |
literature
- Helmut Ritzel, Jean H. Rothammel: Pictures to the Praunheimer story. Frankfurt 1988: Frankfurter Sparkasse. 3. Edition.
- Alfred Hansmann: 1200 years of Praunheim. A journey into Praunheim's past. Frankfurt-Praunheim 2004: Vereinsring Praunheim. ISBN 3-00-013189-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Heinrich Bender (ed.): The negotiations of the legislative assembly of the free city of Frankfurt in the years 1816 to 1831 , Verlag GF Krug, 1834, p. 246
- ^ Archives for Frankfurt's History and Art, Volume 1, Frankfurter Verein für Geschichte und Landeskunde, 1858, p. 34
- ↑ Collapse of the Niddabrücke in Praunheim near Frankfurt aM ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in; Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 12, Ernst & Korn, 1892, p. 419
- ↑ Internet site ( Memento from September 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 543 kB) Pro Bahn - Hessen
