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Krämerbrücke

Half-timbered houses with red and gray timber framing stand on the stone arches of the Krämerbrücke over a branch of the Gera river in Erfurt, Germany, with a church tower behind
Artwork FileErfurt · Germany

Krämerbrücke

SeenAug 2014

Erfurt · Germany · 1325 in stone

Photo: Dr. Bernd Gross / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2014-08-30. Full photograph shown.

Erfurt’s Krämerbrücke is a stone bridge lined continuously with inhabited houses. Official tourism dates the stone structure to 1325; the original 62 narrow houses were gradually combined into the 32 that remain. erfurt-tourismus.de · denkmalschutz.de Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. Stone since 1325Erfurt tourism dates the present stone bridge to 1325. erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
  2. Thirty-two housesMore than 60 narrow houses were consolidated into 32 larger buildings. erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
  3. Still inhabitedThe bridge remains continuously built over and lived in. erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
  4. Six archesThe heritage foundation says six masonry arches support the houses. denkmalschutz.de Checked

📍 Where it is

Gera River, old town, Erfurt, Germany erfurt-tourismus.de Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 1325

    Stone bridge erected

  2. 201430 Aug

    Inhabited bridge photographed

Each stamp links to its evidence. Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are historical records or reports. Photo dates are not construction dates.

✅ The facts

Stone bridge
1325 erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
Current houses
32 erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
Original houses
62 erfurt-tourismus.de Checked
Length in sources
120 m in Erfurt tourism; 125 m in the heritage foundation’s account denkmalschutz.de erfurt-tourismus.de Conflicting
Supporting arches
6 denkmalschutz.de Checked
Dated sighting
Seen Aug 2014 commons.wikimedia.org Checked

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