Spree Bridge (Kiekebusch)
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 56 ″ N , 14 ° 21 ′ 17 ″ E
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| use | Railway bridge | |
| Convicted | Cottbus – Spremberg railway line | |
| Subjugated | Spree | |
| place | Kiekebusch (Cottbus) | |
| construction | Girder bridge | |
| overall length | 64 m | |
| completion | 1867, remodeled in 1954 | |
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The Spreebrücke at Kiekebusch belongs to the Cottbus – Spremberg railway line and was opened in 1867. What makes them special are the log houses that have been preserved for the military security of the railway line on both banks of the Spree .
Building history
When the Spreebrücke was built in the 1860s, the Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft had to implement requirements for the military security of the bridge. Fortifications had to be built on both sides of the Spree, each consisting of an earth-covered brick block house. The adjoining walls and lattice gates should completely close off the access to the bridge in the event of a defense. Blasting chambers were present in the river pillars of the bridge. The fortification was supposed to stop the enemy so that one could buy time to blow it up.
As a reparation payment , one of the two line tracks was dismantled after 1945. The bridge superstructure that exists today dates from the 1950s. Despite the monument protection , the log houses are in a poor condition, as tree growth, penetrating water and frost blasts create clearly recognizable cracks and flaking.
literature
- CPR: Warfare using the railways and the battle for railroads: after the experiences of the last decade . Brockhaus-Verlag Leipzig, 1868. pp. 168-169 u. Blackboard. Online version of the SLUB .
- Volker Mende: "In the heart of the monarchy ..." - The fortified Spree Bridge of the Berlin-Görlitz Railway in Cottbus-Madlow . In: Research, Build & Preserve . Yearbook 2007/2008. Pp. 75-80.
Web links
- Entry in the monument database of the State of Brandenburg
- List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: City of Cottbus (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum, page 2