Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen
Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen | |
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Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen seen from the Swiss side | |
Coordinates | 47°33′05″N 7°57′06″E / 47.551367°N 7.951685°E |
Crosses | Rhine |
Other name(s) | Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name) |
Owner | Stadt Bad Säckingen since 1979 (1869 Grand Duchy of Baden) |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 203.7 m (668 ft) |
Width | 5 m (16 ft) |
No. of spans | 9 |
History | |
Construction start | mid-13th century |
Opened | 1272 |
Inaugurated | 1272 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | road, pedestrian (formerly also a road bridge [Reichsstraße Nr. 34 and from 1945 to 1979 Bundesstraße 34]) |
Toll | no |
Location | |
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Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen (German name) or Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name) is a bridge over the Rhine. It connects the German city of Bad Säckingen with the village Stein in Switzerland. The covered bridge spans 203.7 metres (668 ft) over the Hochrhein and is the longest roofed wooden bridge of Europe. The bridge is listed as a national registered monument in Switzerland (Kulturgut von nationaler Bedeutung im Kanton Aargau).
The bridge was built in 1272 and was destroyed several times (1570, 1633, 1678). The current bridge was completed in 1700. Originally a road bridge, the bridge is now only open for pedestrians since the (Swiss name: Rheinbrücke Stein) was opened in 1979 for road traffic.
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Entrance in Switzerland
Entrance in Switzerland
The boundary line in the middle of the Rhine
See also[]
- List of bridges over the Rhine
- Other big wooden bridges in Switzerland
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen at Wikimedia Commons
- Bridges over the Rhine
- Pedestrian bridges in Germany
- Pedestrian bridges in Switzerland
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- Road bridges in Switzerland
- Covered bridges in Switzerland
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- Transport in Baden-Württemberg
- Buildings and structures in Aargau
- Germany–Switzerland border crossings
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- 1270s in Germany
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