Schilling Bridge
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 33 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 45 ″ E
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | At the Schilling Bridge ( Engeldamm - Andreasstraße ) | |
| Crossing of | Spree | |
| place | Berlin-Friedrichshain | |
| construction | five-arched brick vault bridge | |
| overall length | 74.77 m | |
| width | 23.16 m | |
| Longest span | 12.55 m | |
| Construction height | Middle field 0.80 / side fields 0.90 | |
| Clear height | 4.9 m | |
| vehicles per day | 410 trucks 17,700 vehicles |
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| building-costs | for the renovation 1991–1994: DM 6.8 million |
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| start of building | 1870 | |
| completion | 1874 | |
| opening | April 1874 | |
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Bridge area: 1750 m² |
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The Schilling Bridge in Berlin spans the Spree and forms an important connection between the districts of Friedrichshain in the north and Kreuzberg and Mitte in the south. The brick vaulted bridge lies between the Oberbaumbrücke in the east and the Michaelbrücke in the west, extends Andreasstrasse over the Spree and connects Holzmarktstrasse and Köpenicker Strasse , each of which runs parallel to the Spree. The bridge has been a listed building since 1990 .
history
The master bricklayer and city deputy Johann Friedrich Schilling (1785–1859) founded a private bridge building stock corporation (AG ) in 1840 in order to be able to build and finance a wooden bascule bridge at its current location . After completion, the building was named Schillingbrücke after the initiator and board member of this AG. The bridge was privately maintained and could be used against a bridge toll . The city of Berlin took over the bridge in 1862 and abolished the user fee. Multiple repairs did not prevent the bridge from quickly deteriorating.
A new building was decided, which was realized between 1870 and 1874 under the direction of the town planning inspector Heinrich Seek. Despite the complicated requirements resulting from the inflow of the Luisenstadt Canal (filled in 1926) at the level of the bridge, the new Spree crossing with a length of 75 m and a width of 15 m could be completed in the planned construction time. The brick masonry was clad in Silesian sandstone, and allegorical reliefs from the workshop of the sculptor Emil Hundrieser were used to decorate the pillars, visible surfaces and bridge railings . A bridge light was installed over each pillar.
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The increased volume of traffic at the beginning of the 20th century made it necessary to widen the Schilling Bridge. For this, the architects Lasker and Kolleck built remodeling plans, according to which in 1912 both sides 4.10 meters wide steel consoles for adding new sidewalks and utility lines were grown. The cantilever arms on protruding river pillars have since covered the relief decorations. In place of the stone balustrades there was a simple iron bar railing.
In the spring of 1945 the Schilling Bridge was the only one besides the Weidendammer Bridge that was not blown up by the National Socialists , despite the Nero order . The southern bank of the Spree formed the border between East and West Berlin , but the bridge itself was in the eastern part. After the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, it was secured against possible refugees with a wide exclusion zone.
Especially in the 1960s, some people in the area around the Schilling Bridge made attempts to flee to the western part of the city. Most died in the process. The 25-year-old Werner Probst was shot dead in October 1961 in the Spree near the Schilling Bridge, the body of the 20-year-old Philipp Held , who drowned while trying to escape in the Spree , was recovered from the Schilling Bridge in April 1962.
The fall of the Berlin Wall made it possible to reopen the Schilling Bridge in 1990. It had to be completely overhauled in the years 1991–1994, as it showed corrosion damage as well as splinter impacts and cracks, some of which originated from the Second World War . The stone reliefs have been cleaned and preserved, but are still barely visible. The arched street lights and the railing made of wrought iron and cast steel with decorative elements were newly created. The bridge deck received seals and a new reinforced concrete slab. The construction company Ed. Züblin carried out most of the work.
Partial view of the original sandstone jewelry behind the steel structure
Vine casting on the railing
Adjacent
Between the Schilling Bridge and the Oberbaum Bridge, parallel to the northern bank of the Spree, stands the longest remaining piece of the hinterland wall, which was designed in the spring of 1990 by artists from all over the world with large motifs and has since been called the East Side Gallery . Several media campaigns took place on the open space between this wall and the banks of the Spree. In 2003 there was the 1st sand sculpture festival “ Sandsation ” on the banks of the Spree behind the East Side Gallery. On the north bank near the bridge, the scene was club Maria am Ostbahnhof , is just across the bridge an Ibis hotel and down the river behind the radial system V . The south bank is dominated by the ver.di federal headquarters built in 2002 . The bridge fulfills an important traffic function for the connection of the Ostbahnhof . The investor project Mediaspree , with which a large-city bank-side development was planned, extends on both sides of the Schilling Bridge . After a referendum (“Sink Mediaspree”) in autumn 2008, the plans will be revised by all those involved under the responsibility of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Office, so that more free space should remain in the end. In March 2009 a new development plan was created. The Stralauer Platz is also located near the Schilling Bridge.
Bicycle traffic
There are cycle lanes painted on both sides of the bridge . In October 2019, a cycle lane was painted in the central position on the north side for the entrance to Holzmarktstrasse and a few days later it was painted red. Cycle activists criticized the measure because bicycle switches generally create insecurity and, in particular, would discourage people with a higher need for safety from cycling. An objection was filed against the installation of the bicycle switch, as it would violate the mobility law in several points .
literature
- Eckhard Thiemann, Dieter Deszyk, Horstpeter Metzing: Berlin and its bridges . Jaron Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89773-073-1 , pp. 38-39.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Schillingbrücke Senate Department for Urban Development
- Schilling Bridge. In: Structurae
Individual evidence
- ^ "Bridges over the Spree" private homepage
- ↑ Traffic volumes for trucks in 2014 . Road traffic census 2014 as of October 16, 2015 (pdf)
- ↑ Traffic volume map DTV 2014: vehicles in 24 hours
- ↑ Schillingbrücke private Friedrichshain homepage
- ↑ Detailed representation ( Memento from May 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on berlin.de
- ↑ Chronicle of the Wall 1961
- ↑ Chronicle of the Wall 1962
- ↑ Schillingbrücke Senate Department for Urban Development
- ↑ Dance event (Fête de la Musique) in 2007 at the Schilling Bridge, accessed on January 11, 2016.
- ↑ Karin Schmidl: More green on the Schilling Bridge. Mediaspree property: District bows to a Senate instruction and still sees it as a success . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 25, 2009.
- ↑ Agreement reached for the development of the property on the Schilling Bridge. ( Memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) ad-hoc-news.de, Wirtschaft und Börse online, accessed on January 11, 2016.
- ↑ Claudius Prößer: Berlin Mobility Act: Ginge's all even more radical . In: The daily newspaper: taz . November 2, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed November 2, 2019]).
- ↑ Claudius Prößer: Struggle for the mobility law: The switch should give way . In: The daily newspaper: taz . November 11, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed November 17, 2019]).