Marienthalbrücke
Marienthalbrücke stands in Nesse-Apfelstädt, in Gotha district near Erfurt, where the Apfelstädt meets the Gera. Its limestone arches and Seeberger sandstone parapet form a Baroque crossing beside the rivers.
Count Gustav Adolf von Gotter commissioned the bridge between 1751 and 1752, with Gottfried Heinrich Krohne designing it and Johann Sebastian Ritter building it. The main arch spans 11.2 metres, while a smaller arch arrived in 1896 to help manage floodwater. A nearby replacement bridge opened in 1965, and restoration from 1991 preserved this crossing as a pedestrian cultural monument.
Look upstream for von Gotter’s coat of arms, then turn downstream to find the Latin inscription dated 1752. A replica of the original wayside obelisk completed the restoration in 1995.
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