Holzbrücke Hennersdorf, Covered wooden bridge in Augustusburg, Germany.
The Holzbrücke Hennersdorf is a covered wooden road bridge over the Zschopau, built in 1840 to plans by Christian Friedrich Uhlig. Its two outer timber-framed walls each hold a double hanging truss with a 16.5 m span, and a slate-covered hipped roof runs above the suspended structure. The bridge is about 36 m long and 4 m wide, crossing in two spans of 15 m clear width some 4 m above normal water level.
The bridge was built in 1840 to plans by Christian Friedrich Uhlig, spanning the Zschopau in two fields of 15 metres clear width. In 1971 it was restored and the roadway reinforced with steel beams for lorry traffic. A further restoration in 2026 removed the beams rusted by road salt and returned the structure to its original state. Research often compares it with the similar bridge built in Leubsdorf-Hohenfichte in 1832.
The bridge is a listed classical traffic monument, often compared in research with the similar bridge built in Leubsdorf-Hohenfichte in 1832. Its name in local usage is simply the covered wooden bridge of Hennersdorf, and it remains part of the road crossing of the Zschopau.
The bridge carries a road, so crossing on foot means sharing the deck with vehicles; on the east side the road crosses the Zschopautalbahn immediately before the portal, and railway barriers close the bridge on both sides when a train passes. The deck lies about 4 metres above the normal level of the Zschopau.
On the east side, the road crosses the Zschopautalbahn immediately before the bridge portal, so railway barriers on both sides close the bridge whenever a train passes. Researchers often compare the structure with the similar bridge built in Leubsdorf-Hohenfichte in 1832.
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