Kaiserin Elisabeth
Kaiserin Elisabeth is a railway bridge in Passau, carrying trains across the Inn on the Wels–Passau line. Its steel truss rises about 201 metres above the river.
Joseph Anton von Maffei built the original bridge in 1861 for the Bavarian Eastern Railway. Its name recalls Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi. She crossed the bridge during visits to Passau in 1862 and 1873, linking the structure with imperial history. The Second World War destroyed the bridge in 1945.
Reconstruction changed its appearance, leaving one historic corner tower where the original bridge had four. Steel frames carry trains through the structure. The bridge connects the university area and Voglau while noise protection lines its railway route. Bavaria recognises the structure as an architectural heritage monument. As one of three railway bridges crossing the Inn in Passau, it shows changing German engineering.
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