Thalkirchner Bridge

Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 3 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 58 ″  E

Thalkirchner Bridge
use	Street
Crossing of	Isar , Isar works canal
place	Munich
Entertained by	City administration of Munich - building department
construction	Space framework
overall length	197 m
width	15.3 m
Longest span	13.4 m
building-costs	€ 5.2 million
start of building	1989
completion	1991
planner	Richard J. Dietrich
toll	No
location

The Thalkirchner Brücke is a road bridge over the Isar and the parallel Isar-Werkkanal in the south of Munich . The bridge is limited to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3 t, which relocates the heavy goods traffic to the middle ring and thus calms the historic center of Thalkirchen .

The first Thalkirchner Brücke on a postcard from 1910

history

When Thalkirchen was incorporated into Munich on January 1, 1900, the community made several demands, including the construction of a bridge over the Isar. In 1901 consideration was given to moving the Wittelsbacher Bridge , an iron half-timbered construction from the Isarvorstadt to Thalkirchen, if it would be replaced by a concrete bridge by 1904. In 1902, the use of the modern building material concrete was proposed for Thalkirchen and the magistrate passed a corresponding resolution. The Isartalverein turned against a concrete bridge, which saw the rather rural image of the Thalkirchen , which is characterized by excursion traffic, endangered. In October 1903, the magistrate overturned its decision and opted for a flat wooden bridge on concrete foundations, which was subsequently built and opened on September 18, 1904.

In the 1980s, the bridge was classified as no longer fit for renovation, and wood was again provided as a replacement. From 1989 to 1991 a space frame construction was built by Richard J. Dietrich who first used this principle for a bridge. The bridge uses the concrete foundations of its predecessor, so that no intervention in the river was necessary. The framework consists of glued spruce and larch wood and is held together by steel knots. A total of 520 m³ of wood was used. In 1992, a fire caused by homeless people under the bridge damaged four fields on the side of the zoo and had to be replaced. In the same year, the bridge construction received an award at the German Timber Construction Prize .

traffic

The bridge connects the historic center of Thalkirchen with Untergiesing-Harlaching . It is the only Isar crossing for motorized traffic between the Brudermühlbrücke on the Mittlerer Ring in the north and the Grünwalder Bridge . Because it is deliberately not designed for heavy traffic and is not connected to the main roads on the Harlachingen side, it is only used for inner-city traffic.

The Thalkirchner Brücke is of particular importance for pedestrians, as the Thalkirchen underground station (Tierpark) of the Munich underground is located directly to the west of the bridge . Immediately to the east of the bridge is an entrance to the Hellabrunn zoo , and to the north is the important Flaucher recreational area . There are also other Isar bridges, the Flauchersteg (pedestrians and cyclists only) to the north and the Marienklausenbrücke (pedestrians and cyclists only) to the south.

Between 1991 and 2012, a cycle path that had to be used was marked off from the footpath on the raised shoulder on both sides of the bridge . After years of encountering problems with pedestrians, especially those with prams, the bike path was closed in October 2012 and the speed on the bridge was limited to 30 km / h.

Love locks on the Thalkirchner Bridge

Since around 2009, love locks have been increasingly attached to the Thalkirchner Bridge . Although this endangers the bridge steel through corrosion, especially when using inferior padlocks, the custom is currently still tolerated by the city's building department.

literature

• Christine Rädlinger : History of the Munich bridges . Ed .: City of Munich, Construction Department. Verlag Franz Schiermeier, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811425-2-5 .
• Richard J. Dietrich: Fascination Bridges . Callwey Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7667-1326-4 .

Web links

Commons : Thalkirchner Brücke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Thalkirchner Bridge. On the bridge web
• Thalkirchner Bridge. In: Structurae
• Architect Richard J. Dietrich description and data
• Road bridge in Munich-Thalkirchen Description and photos (also from the construction) Fa. Huber & Sohn, timber construction

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dorle Gribl, Thomas Hinz: Life in Thalkirchen . Culture in the Munich South eV 1990, OCLC 165476665 , pp. 81-84.
2. ^ Huber & Son: Road bridge in Munich-Thalkirchen
3. ↑ Cyclists have to take to the streets. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. September 6, 2012.
4. ↑ "Love locks" on the Thalkirchner bridge . In: Munich evening newspaper. Retrieved July 18, 2012.