Glienicke Bridge
Sign in to savebridge over the Havel river near Potsdam
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Within Vinony's link graph, Glienicke Bridge is referenced by 151 other articles, and connects out to German Democratic Republic, Germany and German.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
Vinony files it under 1907 establishments in Germany, Berlin border crossings and Bridges completed in 1907.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Carries
- Bundesstraße 1
- Crosses
- Havel River
- Begins
- Wannsee
- Ends
- Potsdam
- Other name
- Bridge of Spies
- Named for
- Glienicke Palace
- Website
- www .glienicke-bridge .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- self-anchored suspension bridge
- Part of
- Inner German border
- Named after
- Glienicke Palace
- Official name
- Glienicker Brücke
- Country
- German Reich
- Located in
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf
- Material used
- steel
- Location
- Wannsee
- Official website
- www.glienicke-bridge.com
- Image
- Glienicker Brücke.JPG
- Height
- 74
- Width
- 22
- Length
- 128
- Has use
- road transport
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- Commons category
- Glienicker Brücke
- crosses
- Havel
- Commons gallery
- Glienicker Brücke
- date of official opening
- 1907-11-16
- inception
- 1907-01-01
- native label
- Glienicker Brücke
- time period
- German Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
The Glienicke Bridge (German: Glienicker Brücke, German pronunciation) is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital, Potsdam. It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace. The current bridge, the fourth on the site, was completed in 1907, although major reconstruction was necessary after it was damaged during World War II.
During the Cold War, as this portion of the Havel River formed the border between West Berlin and East Germany, the bridge was used several times for the exchange of captured spies and thus became known as the Bridge of Spies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glienicke Bridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.