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View of the Zirbelnuss Canal Bridge

The Zirbelnuss Canal Bridge (named after the Augsburg city arms with the Zirbelnuss on the side ) is a cast iron bridge in Augsburg . Originally it led the Brunnenbach , today the Inner Stadtgraben, over the Stadtbach , which flows about one meter lower (see canals in Augsburg ). It is a small but still remarkable detail of the historical hydraulic engineering in Augsburg and belonged to the lower well tower . It is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.

history

Carl August Reichenbach had the cast-iron canal bridge built in 1848 to replace an already existing water crossing of the Brunnenbach over the Stadtbach. The channel has a length of 12.3 meters and consists of four screwed together sections with a width of 2 meters and 90 cm high. Next to the Augsburg city arms is the inscription “C. Reichenbach'sche Maschinenfabrik 1848 ”attached.

While the author Wilhelm Ruckdeschel wrote that with the Reichenbach machine in the lower well tower, for hygienic reasons, instead of the Brunnenbach, they switched to using nearby drinking water sources and that the Brunnenbach water was only used to drive the turbines, according to Martin Kluger this was done via the Canal bridge flowing water was still used as drinking water until 1879.

It is still unclear whether the water supply has been changed or whether the inner city moat is simply no longer referred to as the Brunnenbach.

In 1984 the Technical Association renovated the bridge structure from its own resources and thus contributed to the preservation of an important structure in the history of technology in Augsburg.

Web links

Commons : Zirbelnuss-Kanal-Brücke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Augsburg (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-7-61-000-1040
  2. ^ Association of German Engineers: History of Technology , 1979, page 358
  3. ↑ "The hygiene requirements could be met by the suction water no longer being taken from the Brunnenbach, but being fed from source outlets conveniently located in the vicinity.", In: Wilhelm Ruckdeschel, Klaus Luther: Technical Monuments in Augsburg. A guided tour through the city . Brigitte Settele Verlag, Augsburg 1984, p. 37 ff .
  4. ^ Martin Kluger: Hydraulic engineering and hydropower, drinking water and fountain art in Augsburg . 1st edition. Context Verlag, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-939645-72-6 , p. 88 .
  5. ^ Technical Association of 1845 Augsburg - History

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 19 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 2.4 ″  E