Holstenbrücke, Road and arch bridge near Holstentor, Lübeck, Germany.

The Holstenbrücke is a road bridge over the Stadttrave at the western end of Holstenstraße, leading toward the Holstentor. Its core is the single large arch built in 1854, later widened on both sides with truss sections in 1934 during the redesign of the Holstentorplatz. It marks the boundary between the upper and lower Stadttrave.

The structure was first documented in 1216 as a wooden construction, but it was destroyed by a storm surge in 1320 and subsequently rebuilt multiple times. The most recent significant transformation occurred in 1934 when the bridge was expanded to handle increased traffic while preserving its core original form.

The name refers to the Holstentor, the gate the bridge leads to; the inner gate once stood on the city bank, and the opposite gatehouse was first mentioned in 1366. In the 19th century the steep hump of the old bridge was such an obstacle for carts that it appears as an "Ärgernis" in Ludwig Ewers' Lübeck novel Die Großvaterstadt.

The bridge carries the road from Holstenstraße onto Holstentorplatz and marks the boundary between the upper and lower Stadttrave. Its 1854 core was widened in 1934 with steel truss sections on both sides, so the crossing is broad but the walkways run close to moving traffic. Approach from the Holstentor side for the view back along the water.

Until the Drehbrücke opened in 1892, the Holstenbrücke was the northernmost crossing of the Trave in Lübeck. From 1854 a rail bridge ran alongside it, and wagons were turned 90 degrees on a turntable at each end so they could be pushed across one at a time.