# Weidendammer Brücke

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Weidendammer Brücke carries Friedrichstraße across the Spree in Berlin, offering a seventy-three-metre route between the riverbanks. The bridge dates from 1895 and 1896. From the roadway, ornate wrought-iron railings, lanterns, and Imperial eagles define its late-nineteenth-century appearance. Architect Otto Stahn designed the structure.

A wooden drawbridge first stood here in 1685, built under Elector Frederick William I of Hohenzollern. Willow trees gave the crossing its name. In 1824, builders replaced that bridge with a cast-iron construction, described as one of Central Europe's first. Berlin's growth then demanded another replacement. The present crossing remained among the few intact Spree crossings during the Battle of Berlin. Restoration followed in the early 1990s.

On the night of 1 May 1945, a Tiger tank from 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division Nordland led an attempt to storm it. The attempt allowed German soldiers and civilians to escape. Padlocks engraved with lovers' names add a quieter layer to the bridge's public history. Local authorities sometimes remove those engraved padlocks.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_WeidendammerBrcke_67349d1df177243f4f450d86_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_Reichsadler_an_der_Weidendammer_Brücke_-_Foto_Wolfgang_Pehlemann_IMG_5611.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_WeidendammerBrcke_67349d1df177243f4f450d86_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1897_weidendammer_bruecke.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_WeidendammerBrcke_67349d1df177243f4f450d86_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1881_F-Albert-Schwartz_-_Weidendammer_Bruecke_\(Ausschnitt\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_WeidendammerBrcke_67349d1df177243f4f450d86_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plattenbau-Berlin-Friedrich.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_WeidendammerBrcke_67349d1df177243f4f450d86_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Love_locks_on_Weidendammer_Bridge.jpg)

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