Rechle (Český Krumlov)

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Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 51 ″  E

Rake
Rake
View of the bridge (2009)
use Pedestrian bridge, former wooden rake
Convicted Moldova
place Český Krumlov
construction Covered bridge
overall length 110 m
width 1.45-2.7 m
start of building 1794
completion 1798
planner Joseph Rosenauer
location
Rechle (Český Krumlov) (Jihočeský kraj)
Rechle (Český Krumlov)

Rechle (also Lávka "U rechlí" ) describes a covered footbridge ( Czech Krytá lávka) over the Moldau (Vltava) in Český Krumlov ( German Krumau ) in the Czech Republic . The wooden pedestrian bridge was built until 1798 and was used as a rake when drifting wood (rafting). It is a protected cultural monument .

The name Rechle comes from German. "Rakes" were barriers with which wood was temporarily held back while drifting or at landfall sites. In the Czech Republic there are 19 covered bridges , only the Rechle u Lenory in Lenora (Eleonorenhain) also had the function of a “wooden rake”.

location

The structure bridges the Vltava in a diagonal above the historic old town of Český Krumlov, which is about one kilometer to the north as the crow flies. It connects the districts of Nové Spolí (Neupohlen) and Plešivec (Flößberg) .

history

View from the southwest (2018)

Since the middle of the 18th century, the Vltava was rebuilt to flood firewood ("failure flood "). In the 1760s, parts of the Devil's Wall near Vyšší Brod (Hohenfurth) were blown up in order to better supply Český Krumlov with wood. The bridge was built in 1794–1798 by Joseph Rosenauer (1735–1804), director of the Schwarzenberg water transport, at the Horní česlice weir . It replaced an older structure elsewhere. Since 1790, Rosenauer built the Schwarzenbergschen Schwemmkanal (Schwarzenberský plavební kanál) for the Schwarzenberg princes , which diverted the water flowing into the Elbe to the Danube . At the beginning of the 1850s, an annual average of 31,500 fathoms of wood was carried over the canal to Vienna and 51,000 fathoms for Krumau, Frauenberg , Budweis and Prague. In addition, there were 8,000 fathoms for the Schwarzenberg mines and factories.

In the course of its existence, the bridge was repaired and rebuilt several times. The last major renovation was carried out in 1986–1987 based on plans from 1983.

As “one of the longest covered pedestrian bridges from the end of the 18th century in the Czech Republic” and “a valuable example of craftsmanship”, the bridge was entered in the list of monuments in 1958 as a cultural monument and legally protected in 1963. Despite the renovations, it retained its original historical and technical value. The monument protection applies to the entire property. The structure has been part of the protection zone (ÚSKP 3421) of the municipal monument reserve (památková rezervace) of Český Krumlov (ÚSKP 1011) since December 1987 and of the buffer zone (ÚSKP 7002) of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Old Town of Český Krumlov" (ÚSKP 3) since December 1992 and since 2003 to the monument zone "Český Krumlov-Plešivec" (ÚSKP 2396).

description

Interior view of the bridge (2014)

The wooden bridge is 110 meters long, the main part 1.45 wide and 4.10 meters high. It is boarded up to a height of 2.70 meters and covered with a roof made of wooden shingles . All wooden elements are machine cut. The pedestrian bridge bends in an L-shape on the northern bank. There the bridge is 2.70 meters wide and has a stone floor. An open walkway leads to the entrance on the south side. During a renovation, the bridge was reinforced with a substructure made of double T-beams . It carries three pipes, the water pipe is thermally insulated.

The four river pillars consist of large, machined, regular stone blocks that are grouted with mortar . Its length exceeds the width of the bridge. The south pillar is the only one that is pointed. The two pillars on the banks are more recent, made of concrete and clad with other stone material. The bridge stands over a stone weir that has a concrete overflow on the south side , which canoeists can access.

The Muzeum Velké Meziříčí , which was the Museum of Roads and Highways until 2002 , has a model of the bridge several meters long.

See also

Web links

Commons : Rechle (Český Krumlov)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d e Lávka U rechlí (catalog no.1000157015) ÚSKP 44649 / 3-1191 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  2. ↑ Krytá lávka (catalog no.1000158078) ÚSKP 45624 / 3-3637 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  3. ↑ Rechle Lenora. In: rechle.cz. Retrieved March 27, 2020 (Czech).
  4. ↑ a b [Eduard] von Lips: Forest trip through some areas of Bohemia. In: General forest and hunting newspaper. Volume 21, Sauerländer , Frankfurt am Main 1855, p. 193f ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ In Austria one fathom corresponded to 3.386 m³; see: Franz Wilhelm Peters: Calculate, write, calculate correctly! Donauland, Vienna 1964, p. 456.
  6. ↑ a b c Encyklopedii mostů v Čechách: Český Krumlov-Nové Spolí (Český Krumlov) - dřevěná krytá lávka . In: Encyklopedii mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Retrieved March 27, 2020 (Czech).
  7. ↑ Ochranné pásmo městské Památkové rezervace Český Krumlov. (Catalog No. 1999187628) ÚSKP 3421 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  8. ↑ Nárazníková zóna statku světového dědictví "Historické centrum Českého Krumlova". (Catalog No. 1999187628) ÚSKP 7002 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
  9. ↑ Český Krumlov-Plešivec. (Catalog No. 1663578035) ÚSKP 2396 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).