Brücke über Sand, Stone installation in Buchenwaldplatz, Weimar, Germany

Brücke über Sand is a symbolic arch-shaped installation of various stones on Buchenwaldplatz in Weimar's Nordvorstadt, made by the Weimar sculptor Walter Sachs before 2014. The arch sections are worked in travertine, while the dark keystone block carries fabulous creatures: a seated giant with crossed arms at one end and the face of a goat or devil at the other. Further worked stones, among them a snail, complete the arrangement.

Sculptor Walter Sachs made the stone installation before 2014; Weimar's official gazette, the RathausKurier, mentioned it in its July 2014 issue. It stands on Buchenwaldplatz in the Nordvorstadt, not in the northeast of the city. Sachs has other works in Weimar's public space, among them the Löwe and Dünner Jüngling at the Löwen-Apotheke on Goethe-Platz and the Wasserspiel "Spucken und Schlucken".

The bridge displays stone figures protruding from dark stone at both ends, with a seated giant form on one side and a goat-like face on the other. These carvings invite visitors to notice the artistic details while crossing and consider what they might represent.

Brücke über Sand stands on Buchenwaldplatz in Weimar's Nordvorstadt, opposite the Ernst-Thälmann-Denkmal, and is reached on foot from the surrounding streets. It is a symbolic stone installation, not a crossing, so visitors walk around it rather than over it. The worked stones placed nearby, among them a snail, are best seen by circling the arrangement.

The bridge sits in Buchenwaldplatz, directly opposite the Ernst Thälmann Memorial, which underscores its artistic placement within the district's context. This neighborhood positioning gives the installation added spatial and contextual meaning.