Schönbrunn Palace Bridge

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The Schönbrunn Palace Bridge in Vienna

The Schönbrunn Palace Bridge is a bridge over the Vienna River and connects the Vienna district of Hietzing with the districts of Penzing and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus .

history

View from the palace bridge to Schönbrunn Palace in 1868
The bridge was redesigned in 2005 and freed of parking spaces

At the place of today's Schönbrunn Palace Bridge, which connects the main entrance of Schönbrunn Palace with the left bank of the Vienna River, there was a bridge by the beginning of the 18th century at the latest. In the 19th century there were also two footbridges that were located 200 to 300 meters away in front of and behind the castle bridge and were possibly used by staff and suppliers of the castle.

In the course of regulating the Vienna River, the old bridge was demolished and a representative, 100-meter-wide vaulted bridge was built in 1900. In 2005, the bridge was redesigned, including the removal of the parking spaces in the square-like central zone. Two stone sphinxes and two lion figures by Johann Wilhelm Beyer , which were created in the 1770s and were enthroned on the bridgeheads of the bridge at that time, form the corner points of this area, which is surrounded by green strips on both long sides.

The listed ( list entry ) concrete bridge spans adjacent to the Wienfluss also the route of from the Wientallinie the Wiener rail emerged subway line U4 . The bridge is used by road traffic and pedestrians and is part of the Vienna cycle path network.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wien.at - Schönbrunner Schlossbrücke - completed construction project

literature

  • Dehio Handbook Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996.

Web links

Commons : Schönbrunner Schlossbrücke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 14.5 "  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 48.9"  E