Rechel Bridge
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The Rechelbrücke (Czech hradlový most Rechle ) is a wooden gate bridge over the Vydra in the Czech Republic, resting on stone pillars . It is located on the municipal border between Modrava and Srní near the Preisleiten desert at the entrance to the Chinitz-Tettau alluvial canal .
history
The 72 m long bridge was built between 1799 and 1800 under the direction of the Fürstlich-Schwarzenberg forest engineer Joseph Rosenauer as the entrance structure of the Chinitz-Tettau alluvial canal. The logs that had flowed down from the Šumava ridge were intercepted by means of round wooden rakes rammed into the river by the bridge and diverted into the alluvial canal from the Vydra, which was unsuitable for rafting due to the numerous massive boulders . At the same time, the bridge served as a transition to the new road from Rokyta to Modrava over the Vydra, which was laid out along the canal.
Even after the timber rafting operations were stopped, the bridge retained its importance because of the road connection between Rokyta and Modrava. After the narrow street next to the alluvial canal was replaced in 1953 by a new street between Srní and Modrava, which led from Rokyta via Antýgl to the right along the Vydra, the Rechel Bridge lost its last function and was left to decay.
In 2000 the bridge was rebuilt true to the original by the administration of the Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Area and Západočeská energetika as. During the reconstruction, however, the wooden rakes were omitted.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 24 ″ N , 13 ° 30 ′ 16 ″ E