Schraudenbach

Schraudenbach Werneck market Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 45 ″ N , 10 ° 2 ′ 53 ″ E
Height :	271 m above sea level NN
Residents :	752 (March 1, 2011)
Incorporation :	June 1, 1972
Postal code :	97440
Area code :	09722

Schraudenbach

Schraudenbach is a district of the market Werneck in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . On June 15, 2016, Schraudenbach hit the international headlines when the Schraudenbach viaduct that was under construction collapsed on the A 7 .

geography

The place with the associated homesteads Klingenhof , Lindenhof and Wiesenhof is four kilometers west of Werneck. The Stängersgraben , a tributary of the Wern , which rises to the north , flows through the village. It is 14 kilometers southwest of the city center of Schweinfurt .

Schraudenbach is a street village , the houses are along the main street of the village. Settlement areas follow behind.

history

Schraudenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1272. Old forms of the name are "Schrutenbuoch" and "Schruetembuch", they mean "clearing in the beech forest". In the past, horse breeding flourished , brushwood brooms were made as a sideline, and many residents worked as stone cutters in the nearby stone quarries . In 1972 the previously independent municipality of Schraudenbach was incorporated into the municipality of Werneck as part of the municipal reform.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church of St. James the Elder is worth seeing .

See also the list of architectural monuments in Werneck # Schraudenbach

Economy and Infrastructure

The farmland is of good to medium quality. The barley grown here is of high quality. The residents are employed in agriculture and especially in Schweinfurt's large-scale industry. The outdoor pool of Markt Werneck is located on the northern outskirts.

traffic

The district road SW 12 runs through Schraudenbach . The A 7 motorway is 1 km away . It can be reached via the SW 12 and the federal highway 26a , which is a continuation of the A 70 and connects to the Schweinfurt / Werneck interchange .

The place is connected to the cycle path network of the market Werneck.

Collapse of the Schraudenbach viaduct

The A 7 , one of the most important European north-south connections ( Scandinavian motorway), runs 1 km southeast of the village center and crosses the district road SW 12 there by means of the approximately 20 m high Schraudenbach viaduct . The old four-lane bridge from 1965 has been replaced by a new six-lane bridge since 2015 and is located 2 km southwest of the Schweinfurt / Werneck motorway junction .

On June 15, 2016 at around 4 p.m., a 40 m long, encased section of the new bridge under construction fell 20 m down during the concreting work on the SW 12 district road, on which no one was at this point during the accident. Numerous construction workers were dragged into the depths. One of them died, 15 were injured, including 6 seriously.

Web links

Schraudenbach on the website of the market in Werneck

Individual evidence

↑ DIE WELT: Bridge collapse on the A 7: How did it come about? , June 17, 2016

[1] DIE WELT: Bridge collapse on the A 7: How did it come about? , June 17, 2016