Augustusbrücke
The Augustusbrücke is a road bridge on nine arches across the Elbe between Dresden's old town and the Neustadt, designed by Wilhelm Kreis with Hermann Klette and opened in 1910.
What it is
The bridge is a listed cultural monument.
History
A first bridge over the Elbe at Dresden is recorded for 1070, and a stone arch bridge is first documented in 1287. In 1727–1731 the bridge was rebuilt to plans by Daniel Pöppelmann, and it has officially been called Augustusbrücke since then.
On 19 March 1813 the French army blew up one of its piers, and the bridge was repaired in 1814. The old bridge was taken down from 1907, and the present bridge opened in 1910. It was dedicated on 30 August 1910.
The bridge was given the name Georgi-Dimitroff-Brücke and was renamed Augustusbrücke again in 1990. After damage in the 2013 Elbe flood it was repaired from 2017 and reopened to traffic on 28 January 2022.
The structure
Its arches are of tamped concrete faced with sandstone, and the bridge is about 390 metres long.
A stone relief known as the Brückenmännchen, said to show the medieval builder, is on pier I, looking downstream.