Jannowitz Bridge

Jannowitz Bridge Jannowitzbrücke
Jannowitz Bridge
Coordinates	52°30′50″N 13°24′56″E / 52.513936°N 13.415594°E / 52.513936; 13.415594Coordinates: 52°30′50″N 13°24′56″E / 52.513936°N 13.415594°E / 52.513936; 13.415594
Crosses	Spree River
Named for	Christian August Jannowitz

Jannowitz Bridge (German: Jannowitzbrücke) is a bridge over the Spree River in Berlin. The bridge connects Heinrich Heine Straße and Brückenstraße in Mitte with Alexanderplatz.

History

The bridge was built by cotton manufacturer Christian August Jannowitz. Construction of the bridge began in 1822. The bridge was originally a wooden structure and was replaced in 1881 by an iron truss bridge.^[1]

Jannowitz Bridge was dismantled in 1927 to allow construction of the U8 subway line.^[2] It was replaced with a new iron girder bridge that opened in 1932, along with the Jannowitzbrücke U-Bahn station. The bridge was destroyed by the Germans, as a "defensive measure", during the Battle of Berlin in World War II. The bridge was rebuilt again in the early 1950s.^[1]

References

1 2 Badelt, Udo (30 September 2013). "Geschichte im Gegenlicht: Die Jannowitzbrücke". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ Thiemann, Dieter Desczyk ; Eckhard; Desczyk, Dieter (2011). Berliner Brücken Gestaltung und Schmuck (1., Aufl. ed.). Berlin: Lukas Vlg f. Kunst- u. Geistesgeschichte. p. 95. ISBN 3867320993.

External links

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Bridges of Berlin

Spree	Triglaw Bridge Salvador Allende Bridge Katzengrabensteg Damm Bridge Wilhelm Spindler Bridge Kaisersteg Treskow Bridge Stubenrauch Bridge Abbey Bridge Parkwegbrücke Elsen Bridge Oberbaum Bridge Brommy Bridge Schilling Bridge Michael Bridge Jannowitz Bridge Waisen Bridge Mühlendamm Rathaus Bridge Liebknecht Bridge Friedrichs Bridge Insel Bridge Roßstraßenbrücke Grünstrasse Bridge Gertrauden Bridge Jungfern Bridge Schleusen Bridge Schlossbrücke Eiserne Bridge Monbijou Bridge Ebert Bridge Weidendammer Bridge Schlütersteg Marschall Bridge Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Steg Crown Prince Bridge Alsen Bridge Gustav Heinemann Bridge Moltke Bridge Kanzleramtssteg Luther Bridge Gerickesteg Moabiter Bridge Lessing Bridge Borsigsteg Hansa Bridge Wullenwebersteg Gotzkowsky Bridge Röntgen Bridge Siemenssteg Caprivi Bridge Schlossbrücke Rudolf Wissell Bridge Nonnendammbrücke Rohrdammbrücke Hugo Preuß Bridge

Havel	Charlotten Bridge Glienicke Bridge

Landwehr Canal	Anhalter Steg

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