Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen

Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen
Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen seen from the Swiss side
Coordinates	47°33′05″N 7°57′06″E
Crosses	Rhine
Other name(s)	Säckingerbrücke (Swiss name)
Owner	Stadt Bad Säckingen since 1979 (1869 Grand Duchy of Baden)
Characteristics
Total length	203.7 m (668 ft)
Width	5 m (16 ft)
No. of spans	9
History
Construction start	mid-13th century
Opened	1272
Inaugurated	1272
Statistics
Daily traffic	road, pedestrian (formerly also a road bridge [Reichsstraße Nr. 34 and from 1945 to 1979 Bundesstraße 34])
Toll	no
Location

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 of Stein in Switzerland. The covered bridge spans 203.7 metres (668 ft) 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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  inside
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  Entrance in Switzerland
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  Entrance in Switzerland
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  The boundary line in the middle of the Rhine

See also

• List of bridges over the Rhine
• List of bridges in Germany
• List of bridges in Switzerland
• Other big wooden bridges in Switzerland
  • Kapellbrücke
  • Auguetbrücke

External links

• Media related to Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen at Wikimedia Commons