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Schnapsbrücke
31.05.2020
© www.brueckenweb.de / Frank Sellke
Use in accordance with the terms and conditions
31.05.2020
© www.brueckenweb.de / Frank Sellke
Use in accordance with the terms and conditions
31.05.2020
© www.brueckenweb.de / Frank Sellke
Use in accordance with the terms and conditionsGermany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Werdohl
Lenne
pedestrian
Beam bridge, vaulted bridge
concrete
1911
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in operation
Wikipedia:
The Schnapsbrücke (Schnapps Bridge) originated from a private initiative by the Werdohl innkeeper Otto Spelsberg. To allow the workers of the Kugel & Berg company (today ThyssenKrupp VDM) access to his inn, he built a wooden footbridge over the Lenne River. Due to the workers' preference for alcoholic beverages, the bridge was soon nicknamed the Schnapsbrücke by the local population.
This structure was temporary, so it was regularly washed away after floods. The wood carried away by the water was collected by finders and bought back by Spelsberg to repeatedly rebuild the bridge.
This bridge was a temporary structure, so it was regularly washed away after floods. In 1911, a permanent reinforced concrete bridge was built to replace the temporary structure; it still bears the name Schnapsbrücke (Schnapps Bridge) today.
The Schnapsbrücke (Schnapps Bridge) originated from a private initiative by the Werdohl innkeeper Otto Spelsberg. To allow the workers of the Kugel & Berg company (today ThyssenKrupp VDM) access to his inn, he built a wooden footbridge over the Lenne River. Due to the workers' preference for alcoholic beverages, the bridge was soon nicknamed the Schnapsbrücke by the local population.
This structure was temporary, so it was regularly washed away after floods. The wood carried away by the water was collected by finders and bought back by Spelsberg to repeatedly rebuild the bridge.
This bridge was a temporary structure, so it was regularly washed away after floods. In 1911, a permanent reinforced concrete bridge was built to replace the temporary structure; it still bears the name Schnapsbrücke (Schnapps Bridge) today.
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