Stone Gate Bridge (Havelberg)
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 38 " N , 12 ° 4 ′ 23" E
| Stone gate bridge | ||
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| use | Street | |
| Convicted | B 107 Steinstrasse | |
| Crossing of | Moat | |
| place | Havelberg | |
| construction | Rod segment arch bridge under the roadway | |
| Number of openings | 1 | |
| completion | 2009 | |
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The Steintorbrücke is a bridge over the city moat in the urban area of Havelberg in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The city island of Havelberg is bounded by the cathedral district by the city moat, an old arm of the Havel and in the west and south by the Havel , which forms a loop here . Two gates with short walls at the sides secured the access to the city island. The Sandauer Tor in the southwest and Steintor in the north. From 1359 to 1559 Havelberg was a member of the Hanseatic League and the city's trade took place mainly on the navigable Havel and the nearby Elbe as well as on the old trade route that ran across the city island, a very early trade route from Magdeburg to Rostock and further east. There is evidence that bridges were built over the waters as early as the Middle Ages. The stone gate bridge was first mentioned in writing in 1692. It can be assumed that there was already a Havel crossing on this important road connection to the Steintor. The first mentioned bridge over the moat at this point was a drawbridge. This type of construction was used for the passage of ships and also to secure the city island against external enemies. The wooden bridges of that time had to be replaced on average every thirty years. In the 19th century the design of the drawbridge was abandoned because the moat silted up and was no longer usable for shipping. The first solid stone bridge with three pillars in the city moat was built in 1912/13. The bridge was destroyed at the end of the war in 1945, it was restored in 1948. In the years 2008/09 this bridge was replaced by a new building, today's Steintorbrücke.
See also
literature
- Hans-J. Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00115-9 .
- Writings of the Association for European Inland Shipping and Waterways e. V. Various years. WESKA (Western European Shipping and Harbor Calendar), Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag, Duisburg-Ruhrort.
- Herbert Stertz: Havel shipping under sail . From the fur boat to the chat boat. Media @ Vice, Pritzwalk 2005, ISBN 3-00-016065-5 .
- Herbert Stertz: Havel shipping under steam . Economic factor and experience. Media @ Vice, Pritzwalk 2006, ISBN 3-00-019924-1 .
- Joachim Winde: Steam navigation on the Havel and Spree . Sutton Verlag GmbH, Erfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-352-5 .
cards
- Folke Stender: Editing of Sportschifffahrtskarten inland 1. Nautical publication Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 3-926376-10-4 .
- W. Ciesla, H. Czesienski, W. Schlomm, K. Senzel, D. Weidner: Shipping maps of the inland waterways of the German Democratic Republic 1: 10,000. Volume 4. Editor: Waterways Authority of the GDR, Berlin 1988, OCLC 830889996 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Steintorbrücke in Havelberg at brückenweb.de accessed on February 2, 2015.
- ^ Herbert Stertz: Havel shipping under steam. P. 111.
- ↑ Joachim Winde: Steamship on the Havel and Spree, page 17