Bierbrücke, Road bridge over the Chemnitz in Zentrum, Chemnitz, Germany

The Bierbrücke is a road bridge over the Chemnitz River near the Markthalle at the foot of the Kaßberg. Its present form dates from 1868/69. In the centre of the bridge a barely legible city coat of arms is set, whose lion faces right towards the edge of the shield, unlike today's city arms.

A wooden cellar bridge stood here before 1536, when the city council rebuilt it in stone as the Bierbrücke. Floods destroyed it in 1694 and ice drift swept it away in 1768; each time it was rebuilt. The present bridge dates from 1868/69, and a strengthening rebuild was planned for 2008.

The bridge's name recalls its role in Chemnitz's brewing trade: freshly brewed beer was carried across it to the storage cellars of the Kaßberg until 1778. In the centre of the bridge, a barely legible city coat of arms survives, whose lion faces right towards the edge, unlike the present coat of arms.

The bridge stands near the Markthalle at the foot of the Kaßberg, where it crosses the Chemnitz river. A reinforcement rebuild was planned for 2008. Look for the city coat of arms in the middle of the bridge; its lion faces right, unlike the present coat of arms.

In the centre of the bridge a weathered city coat of arms is barely recognisable; its lion faces right towards the edge of the shield, unlike the lion in Chemnitz's present coat of arms. The bridge was renewed in 1676 after, according to the record, it had lain down for forty years.