Untertorbrücke
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The Untertorbrücke () is a stone arch bridge that spans the Aare at the easternmost point of the Enge peninsula in the city of Bern, Switzerland, connecting the Mattequartier in the Old City to the Schosshalde neighbourhood. Built in its current form in 1461–89, it is the oldest of Bern's Aare bridges, and was the city's only bridge up until the middle of the 19th century. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Described at
untertorbruecke.pdf
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- arch bridge
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Bern
- Image
- Untertorbruecke Bern.jpg
- Height
- 8.10
- Length
- 52
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- next crossing upstream
- Nydeggbrücke
- Commons category
- Untertorbrücke
- crosses
- Aare
- number of spans
- 3
- described at URL
- data.geo.admin.ch/ch.astra.ivs-nat/PDF/BE00010101.pdf
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Wooden bridge, 1255
- Construction of the stone bridge, 1461
- Reshaping the bridge, 1757 and 1818
- Current state
- References
- Footnotes
The Untertorbrücke () is a stone arch bridge that spans the Aare at the easternmost point of the Enge peninsula in the city of Bern, Switzerland, connecting the Mattequartier in the Old City to the Schosshalde neighbourhood. Built in its current form in 1461–89, it is the oldest of Bern's Aare bridges, and was the city's only bridge up until the middle of the 19th century. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Untertorbrücke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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