Breakthrough in the Saale

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Saale breakthrough with Giebichenstein bridge

The Saale breakthrough is in the north of Halle (Saale) between the districts of Giebichenstein and Kröllwitz .

The hall runs through the city hall from the south through a wide valley with river accompanying Aue. In the area of ​​the city center it divides into several arms. Between Giebichenstein (right of the Saale) and Kröllwitz the valley narrows to only 80 meters. Here the river breaks through a bed of solid rock. The resulting constriction causes the floods necessary for the floodplains during floods. The rocks delimiting the opening in the hall consist essentially of porphyry . Fortifications have been on the eastern rock since 930 ( Giebichenstein Castle ). The district of Kröllwitz was built on the western rock. The construction of a wooden bridge at this point can be documented as early as 1363. Today the Giebichenstein Bridge (or Kröllwitzer Bridge) spans the Saale here.

The area around the Saale Gorge is one of the most scenic places in the city.

Literature / sources

Friedrich / Frühauf: Halle and its surrounding area , mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale), 2002, ISBN 3-89812-167-4

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich / Frühauf: Halle und seine Umland , mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale), 2002, page 108

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 16.3 "  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 13.1"  E