Schillerbrücke Aue, Road bridge in Aue-Bad Schlema, Germany

The Schillerbrücke Aue is a 42-metre-long, 14.75-metre-wide road bridge over the Zwickauer Mulde, a three-span reinforced-concrete plate girder. Its flat deck carries a light grey metal railing, and stone panels with sculpted coats of arms are set above the two thick rectangular stone piers. A tall cream-coloured building with a dark mansard roof and two oriel windows stands at the right end.

A 3-metre-wide, 38-metre-long wooden footbridge called the Postbrücke linked Bahnhofstraße and Schneeberger Straße from 1899. In 1914 a longer reinforced-concrete three-field plate girder bridge with a three-lane roadway replaced it, first labelled Schillerbrücke on the 1936 city map. On 4 March 2002 the bridge closed for partial demolition; on 12 August 2002 a flood wave of the Zwickauer Mulde swept away the new superstructure's framework, formwork and finished reinforcement. The rebuilt superstructure used 800 m³ of concrete and 80 tonnes of reinforcement, reopening on 13 June 2003.

The name honors Friedrich Schiller, whose birthday was commemorated in 1984 with a plaque mounted on the railing. Pedestrians and drivers cross the river daily on this route between the two streets, which find their direct continuation through this connection.

The crossing is open to both pedestrians and drivers and offers level access to the riverbank on both sides. Those walking can pass along the putti figures and have a good view of the water from the railing.

The 1914 putti figures and decorative elements were not saved from the flood: on 12 August 2002 the wave tore away the superstructure with its formwork and finished reinforcement. The rebuilt deck, 800 m³ of concrete and 80 tonnes of reinforcement, received the figures back as a reminder of the old bridge when it reopened on 13 June 2003.