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Hohe Brücke, Vienna
The Hohe Brücke (High Bridge) is a bridge across the Tiefer Graben in the Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria. It links the two parts of Wipplingerstraße, which used to be separated by a canal. The current bridge was built in 1903. History During the age of the Roman Empire, a Limes road crossed the Ottakringer Bach at this location. The Hohe Brücke (High Bridge) was first mentioned in documents in 1295, at that time as a simple wooden structure. Around the year 1200, the Ottakringer Bach and a branch of the Alserbach running in the same bed were diverted. Eventually, the streambed was filled in. From the mid-15th century, a masonry bridge with a Gothic pointed arch served as a road bridge. In the 18th century, a chapel was erected on the bridge to house a statue dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk, the patron saint of bridges. Between 1857 and 1858, the Hohe Brücke was rebuilt. The new structure, designed in the Neo-Gothic style, was constructed of brick and featured a stone balust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
