Untertorbrücke
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 58 " N , 7 ° 27 ′ 30" E ; CH1903: six hundred and one thousand five hundred and nine / 199809
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| use | Street | |
| Crossing of | Aare | |
| place | Bern | |
| Entertained by | Civil engineering office of the city of Bern - operation and maintenance | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| overall length | 52.50 | |
| width | 7.50 | |
| Number of openings | 3 | |
| height | 8.10 | |
| start of building | 1461 | |
| opening | 1487 | |
| construction time | 26 years | |
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| The Untertorbrücke before 1819 | ||
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The Untertorbrücke is the oldest bridge in the city of Bern over the Aare and one of the oldest stone bridges in Switzerland. Until the 19th century, it was the only bridge across the Aare in Bern.
A temporary wooden walkway may have existed nearby as early as Gallo-Roman times. The first Untertorbrücke - a wooden yoke bridge - was completed in 1256. A flood swept them away in 1460. Construction of today's bridge began the following year. Construction lasted 26 years and was completed in 1487. Over time, the bridge has been restored several times. After the Nydeggbrücke was opened in 1844 , traffic across the Untertorbrücke decreased significantly.
The country gate is in the immediate vicinity of the bridge . The gate is the only uncovered remnant of the former Nydegg fortification . The country gate was once the only direct access to the lower city. In 1873 it was walled up. In 1959 it was exposed again during renovation work and restored two years later.
At the foot of the old town at the Untertorbrücke bridge, the Matte district in Bern was built .
See also
Web links
- Untertorbrücke. In: Structurae
- Information about the Untertorbrücke on g26.ch ( Memento from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operation + maintenance. In: bern.ch. City administration of the city of Bern, accessed on January 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Heinz Pantli: Bridges 1. Leaflets of the Federal Office for Civil Protection , Protection of Cultural Property, 2003 (PDF; 289 kB).
- ^ H. Strübin: Analysis of an Ensemble: The Klösterliareal in Bern, project for renewal . In: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen . tape 71 , no. 4 , 1984, doi : 10.5169 / seals-54198 .