Rudolfova lávka
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 24 ″ N , 14 ° 24 ′ 47 ″ E
| Rudolfova lávka Rudolfsteg |
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| use | pedestrian | |
| Subjugated | Moldova | |
| place | Prague | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| Longest span | 96 m | |
| start of building | 1868 | |
| completion | 1869 | |
| planner | Carl Ritter von Wessely and Franz Schön | |
| closure | 1914 | |
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The Rudolfova lávka ( German Rudolfsteg , Czech also Železna lávka , German mostly Kettensteg ) was a chain and pedestrian bridge over the Vltava in Prague . It was the predecessor of today's Mánes Bridge (Mánesův most) and was located north, downstream of it. The structure was built from 1868 to 1869 and was the third suspension bridge in the capital of Bohemia .
location
The bridge led from the Old Town of Prague (Staré Město) to the Lesser Town (Malá Strana) on the left bank of the Vltava. There is still the street U Železné lávky (dt. Kettensteg alley ) until 1870 Přívozní Dolní . At the other bridgehead, the Rudolfinum Concert Hall was built between 1876 and 1884 .
history
The lower ferry previously existed at the site of today's Mánes Bridge . In 1842, the master carpenter Michal Ránek designed a covered wooden bridge , the model of which is kept in its collections by the Czech Technical University . The Legion Bridge was until 1841 by the Chain Bridge replaced the first suspension bridge in Prague, after Emperor I Franz was named. The second bridge of this type was the Franz-Joseph-Brücke .
At the same time, in the years 1866 to 1868, the architect Carl Ritter von Wessely (Karel Veselý) and the engineer Franz Schön ( František Schön , 1830–1921) designed the pedestrian bridge to the Lesser Town. It was built from 1868 to November 1869 by the bridge construction company Ruston & Co. in Karolinenthal near Prague. The Rudolfsteg got its name after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1858-1889).
In 1873 a Kreuzer bridge fee had to be paid to use the chain bridge . By the same date had Prague Kettensteg-Actien Club 755 shares with a nominal value of 200 guilders emitted .
The Franz Ferdinand Bridge was built between 1911 and 1914, a little above the Kettensteg. Originally it should also bear the name of Crown Prince Rudolf, after the assassination attempt in Sarajevo it was renamed. It has been called Mánes Bridge since 1920. After its opening, the chain bridge was removed.
description
The pedestrian bridge had two spans of 96 meters each. A central pillar carried two cast iron pylons with a height of 17.5 meters, which were connected like a gate. They carried a filigree lattice construction 3.35 meters wide on the chains. The pillar was removed below the waterline after 1914, but is still there.
There was a covered toll booth on the Lesser Town. The half-timbered house next to it for the bridge keeper or taker was preserved. It bears the conscription number čp. 554 and has been the property of the Gemini association since 2005 , which organizes leisure activities with children and young people and had to renovate the building after severe flood damage in 2002 . The bridge's abutment can also still be seen on this bank.
See also
literature
- Jiří Soukup: Řetězová lávka. In: Pražské mosty . ( Digitized version) Weinfurter, Praha 1904. pp. 38–44. (Czech)
Web links
- PRAHA (Prague 1) - Mánesův most . In: Encyklopedii mostů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku . (Czech)
- brueckenweb.de: Rudolfova lávka / Rudolfsteg .
- Photo of the construction of the bridge (1868).
References and comments
- ↑ German translated Eiserner Steg .
- ↑ Translated into Czech Řetězová lávka .
- ↑ a b c d Mánesův most . In: Encyklopedii mostů v Čechách. (Czech, accessed March 18, 2020).
- ↑ Jiri Soukup: Řetězová lávka. P. 43, image 14.
- ↑ a b Jiří Soukup: Řetězová lávka. In: Pražské mosty . Weinfurter, Praha 1904. pp. 38-44. (Czech).
- ↑ A. Seifug: Prague and environments. Illustrated guide for travelers . ( online ) Grieben's Travel Library No. 26, Berlin 1873. p. 8.
- ↑ Prager Börsen-Zeitung . ( online ) No. 599. January 3, 1873. p. 1.
- ↑ gemini-praha.cz: KLUBOVNA ZVANÁ “KORZ” . (Czech, accessed March 18, 2020)