Point 18 - Spree bridge

Spree bridge

In the past, there was only a ford here for carts. Pedestrians could cross the Spree on a covered footbridge. Then, a first bridge was built from wood in 1874. The costs at the time totalled 15,600 German Marks. This wooden bridge was replaced by an iron one as early as 1899.

On the last day of the Second World War, 8 May 1945, the bridge was blown up by the German Wehrmacht. Even the bridge's patron saint, St Nepomuk (erected in 1931), was unable to prevent its destruction.

Repairs began immediately after the end of the war. In 1958, the Spree Bridge was rebuilt as a concrete beam bridge to accommodate the rapidly increasing traffic.

The bridge was last renovated in 2003 after the major flooding and the statue of St Nepomuk was restored in 2023.