Schwabentor Bridge

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Current picture with all elements of the bridge
Photography by Hermann Dischler (1899)
Image of the bridge from the book Freiburg im Breisgau. The city and its buildings in 1898
Schwabentor Bridge destroyed by floods (1896)

The Schwabentorbrücke is one of the two oldest bridges in Freiburg im Breisgau . The crossing over the Dreisam leads from the Schwabentor , one of the two preserved city ​​gates of Freiburg , towards the Black Forest .

history

Several wooden or stone bridges have stood at this point over the centuries. After two of the three arches of the stone bridge were torn away during the flood of the century on March 9, 1896, an iron bridge was built at this Dreisam crossing. Today's modern concrete bridge largely dates from 1974, when the iron bridge was adapted to the high traffic requirements and the traffic routing of Leo-Wohleb-Strasse. Elements of the bridge from 1897 were integrated into the new construction, for example the cast-iron railing with the coat of arms fields.

The bridge includes two towers and a fountain house in neo-Gothic construction and two sculptures made by Julius Seitz in a historicizing manner ; these represent Albertus Magnus on the north side and Martin Malterer with Leopold III. von Habsburg on the south side. The bridge was stylistically adapted to the Schwabentor. The northern tower was used for the flood watch, the southern one housed the signal box for the Kronenmühlen Canal. A plaque is attached to the north tower to commemorate the top secret government councilors Karl Siegel and Leopold Sonntag , who tried to convince themselves of the stability of the bridge on the night of March 9, 1896 despite a warning from the fire brigade, were swept away by the waters when it collapsed and so on came to death. There is also a keystone from 1609 that reminds of the earlier stone bridge.

Even before the Freiburg tram crossed the Schwabentor Bridge on December 2, 1901, horse-drawn buses drove from the main train station to Nägelseestrasse over the bridge, the forerunner of tram lines B to the Alter Messplatz and C to Lorettostrasse. Today line 1 runs from Landwasser to Littenweiler over the bridge.

In the summer of 2019, a roof tile fell from the well tower. Thereupon the dilapidated turret was temporarily supported and should be restored when the opportunity arises.

Traffic routing and neighboring bridges

Today, only vehicles coming from the west and the tram drive over the Schwabentorbrücke. Out of town, cars and trams drive over the Greiffeneggbrücke ⊙ , which runs a few meters west of the Schwabentorbrücke over the Dreisam and was built in 1967. In the consciousness of the population, these two bridges are considered to be one unit, comparable to the crown bridge . The fact that there is a tram stop on the Greiffeneggbrücke with the name "Schwabentorbrücke" also contributes to this. About a hundred meters to the east is the Leo Wohleb Bridge ⊙ that coming from the east individual traffic on the B 31 picks. Some well-preserved buildings had to be removed for the construction of the route above, the last one in 1972.

  • Schwabentor and Greiffenegg Bridge (left)

  • North tower with well house

  • The cast iron railing with the heraldic panels

  • Albertus Magnus by Julius Seitz

  • Martin Malterer by Julius Seitz

  • View of the bridge from the east

literature

  • Karl Mayer: Albertus Magnus and Martin Malterer. Two statues on the Schwabenthor Bridge in Freiburg i. Br. A contribution to the local history of the city . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1901.
  • Freiburg in Breisgau. The city and its buildings . Baden architects and engineers association, Upper Rhine district. HM Poppen & Sohn, Freiburg im Breisgau 1898 ( Wikisource )
  • The bridge collapse in Freiburg i. B. In: The Gazebo . Issue 13, 1896, pp. 220a ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Commons : Schwabentorbrücke (Freiburg im Breisgau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Gallo: How did towers and figures get onto the Schwabentorbrücke? Badische Zeitung, April 10, 2012; Retrieved May 21, 2012
  2. ↑ BZ editorial team: The little tower crumbles. Badische Zeitung, December 6, 2019, accessed on December 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Joachim Scheck: Freiburg: City History: The flair of the old Schwabentorbrücke is irretrievably lost. Badische Zeitung, September 19, 2016, accessed on September 19, 2016 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 27 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 16 ″  E