Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen Explained

Bridge Name:Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen
Other Name:Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name)
Crosses:Rhine
Owner:Stadt Bad Säckingen since 1979 (1869 Grand Duchy of Baden)
Length:203.7m (668.3feet)
Width:5m (16feet)
Spans:9
Begin:mid-13th century
Open:1272
Inaugurated:1272
Toll:no
Traffic:road, pedestrian (formerly also a road bridge [Reichsstraße Nr. 34 and from 1945 to 1979 Bundesstraße 34])
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen (German name) or Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name) is a bridge over the Rhine. It connects the German city of Bad Säckingen with the village Stein in Switzerland. The covered bridge spans over the Hochrhein and is the longest roofed wooden bridge in Europe. The bridge is listed as a national registered monument in Switzerland (Kulturgut von nationaler Bedeutung im Kanton Aargau).

The bridge was built in 1272 and was destroyed several times (1570, 1633, 1678). The current bridge was completed in 1700. Originally a road bridge, the bridge is now only open for pedestrians since the Fridolinsbrücke (Swiss name: Rheinbrücke Stein) was opened in 1979 for road traffic.

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