Bridge Houses at Bad Kreuznach Germany
Bad Kreuznach is a Spa town in Germany and got its name from the baths which contain the noble gas radon, with supposedly curative properties.
The landmark of Bad Kreuznach is an interesting bridge on River Nahe with houses on its piers. The bridge with its eight arches was built around the year 1300 and these fascinating bridge houses, an architectural delicacy and symbol of Bad Kreuznach, were built from 1480 onwards.
The houses are half-timbered and parts of the houses jutting out are supported by wooden buttresses. The first photograph shown below was taken around 1900 and the second on June 14, 2007.
Unfortunately I could not find much information about these houses and if any reader has more info than same may please be sent to me for inclusion here.
Image from Flickr is by yuecelnabi
Image from Flickr is by dr. zaro
Main Source of Info and more info: baufachinformation.de in German. (English Translation)
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5 comments:
I was born in Bad Kreuznach back in 1956. I have a pictrue, that was made for my 1st birthday present, that is inlaid wood of the houses on the bridge. I cherish this picture.
I was also born there in 1955. My father was in the US Army Corp of Engineers. On my bucket-list to go back someday and visit.
My husband and I bought a painting of the Bridge Houses at Bad Kreuznach in an estate sale. I believe the artist last name was Haffner. It was painted in the late 60's and I'm curious if anyone knows this artist?
I was stationed in BK from 1968-70. Then, it was the headquarters for the 8th Inf Div. I was in 8th Admin Co. I asked a passerby to take a picture of me standing by the railing on the right side of the canal toward the bridge houses around 1969.
I was fortunate enough to visit BK again in 1999 with my daughter. I took a picture of her in pretty much the same spot that I had the photo taken in 1970. My mother put the two pictures in a hinged double frame as they were the same picture but 30 years apart.
Lot of changes to BK in all that time but the first floor of one of the bridge houses still had a camera shop. The kaserne now appeared to be the headquarters of an armored brigade. The S&T (a huge truck terminal that supplied the 8th Inf Div.) just south of the headquarters is now just an empty field.
My brother commissioned an artist friend to paint a picture of the bridge houses from a photo that I had sent him. He presented it to me when I rotated back from Germany.
I was there 68 -70 have this photo of myself below the Crucifix my memory is not great after 52 years, it was on opposite side of bridge houses?
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