Oberbaum Bridge (Berlin, Germany) : View from below, the rail section, detail of new steel construction
- Creator:
- Calatrava Valls, Santiago, 1951-
- Published/Created:
- Oberbaum Strasse with Warschauer Strasse, Berlin, Berlin (state), Germany
brick bridge, 1896 ; middle span, 1989-1994 (alteration) - Physical Description:
- 154 m (length, total)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
1850 AD - 1899 AD
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- brick
steel - Notes:
- A double-deck bridge crossing Berlin's River Spree, considered one of the city landmarks. It links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, former boroughs that were divided by the Berlin Wall, and has become an important symbol of Berlin’s unity. A wooden bridge was built in 1732. A new brick bridge opened in 1896 after two years of construction, in time for the Berlin Trades Exhibition. The architect and government official Otto Stahn (1859-1930) designed it in North German Brick Gothic, in the style of a city gate with many decorative elements. After the opening of the Wall in 1989, and German reunification the following year, the bridge was restored to its former appearance, albeit with a new steel middle section designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It opened to pedestrians and traffic on 9 November 1994, the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall.
- Variant Titles:
- Oberbaumbrücke
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Germany -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Germany -- 20th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Gothic Revival
Nineteenth century
Twentieth century - Culture:
- German
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-CS-AB-A9
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
bridges (built works) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; bridges (built works); Restoration and conservation; Rivers built works; bridges (built works)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10073076
- PID:
- digcoll:1785716