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The Wiesental Bridge in the town of Lörrach is the third longest road bridge in Baden-Württemberg at 1201 meters and is also one of the longest in Germany.It is part of the A 98 between Luckepass and Homburg Forest and crosses the river Wiese, the federal highway 317, the Grütt Landscape Park and the Wiesental railroad from north to south.
This list of bridges in Germany lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
The winners also received the contract to build the bridge. In April 1896, construction began, and 33 months later the bridge was opened for public traffic. At this time, with a main span of 188 meters, it was the largest and by its location in front of the picturesque Siebengebirge, the most beautiful bridge over the Rhine.
The sculpture was designed by Theodor Fischer, who also designed ornaments on other Munich bridges such as the Prinzregeten. [3] [4] Munich's homeless population frequently camp underneath the bridge. [5] Police cleared a homeless camp from underneath the bridge in November 2018. [6]
View of the Bastei The Schweizerhaus of the Bastei Hotel on the Bastei The mountain hotel. The Bastei is one of the most prominent lookout points in Saxon Switzerland. In 1819 August von Goethe extolled the views: "Here, from where you see right down to the Elbe from the most rugged rocks, where a short distance away the crags of the Lilienstein, Königstein and Pffafenstein stand scenically ...
This list of medieval stone bridges in Germany includes bridges that were built during the Middle Ages (between c. 500 and 1500 AD) on the territory of the present Federal Republic of Germany. Table of medieval stone bridges
East German checkpoint at the Oberbaum Bridge, 1961. Crowds at Oberbaumbrücke after the breach of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.. When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 the bridge became part of East Berlin's border with West Berlin; as all the waters of the River Spree were within the Friedrichshain limits, the East German fortifications extended up to the shoreline on the Kreuzberg side.
For centuries, the Alte Brücke was considered to be the most significant and beautiful building of Frankfurt. The panorama of city and bridge has inspired many painters for this reason, for example Conrad Faber , Matthäus Merian , Anton Kirchner, Anton Radl , Domenico Quaglio , Carl Morgenstern, Friedrich Wilhelm Delkeskamp, Carl Theodor ...