Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
1. Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge Marker
Inscription.
Krämerbrücke, also, Merchant's Bridge. . , Älteste urkundliche erwähnung als holzbrücke im Jahre 1117, durch Brand mehrere Male zerstört. In Stein erbaut im Jahre 1325. Die Brücke lag auf der Wegstrecke der ost-west-handelsstrasse Kiew-Breslau-Erfurt-Frankfurt/Main. , , , , , , , , , , Oldest written mention of wooden bridge in 1117, destroyed by fire several times. Built in stone in 1325. The bridge was on the path of the east-west trade road Kiev-Wroclaw-Erfurt-Frankfurt/Main.
Älteste urkundliche erwähnung als holzbrücke im Jahre 1117, durch Brand mehrere Male zerstört. In Stein erbaut im Jahre 1325. Die Brücke lag auf der Wegstrecke der ost-west-handelsstrasse Kiew-Breslau-Erfurt-Frankfurt/Main.
————————
Oldest written mention of wooden bridge in 1117, destroyed by fire several times. Built in stone in 1325. The bridge was on the path of the east-west trade road Kiev-Wroclaw-Erfurt-Frankfurt/Main.
Location. 50° 58.72′ N, 11° 1.802′ E. Marker is in Erfurt, Thüringen (Thuringia). Marker is at the intersection of Krämerbrücke and Benediktsplatz, on the left when traveling east on Krämerbrücke. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Krämerbrücke 1, Erfurt TH 99084, Germany. Touch for directions.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
2. Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
3. Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge
Looking east from Benediktsplatz
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
4. Buildings on Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge Marker
Looking east across bridge toward the steeple of Ägidienkirche
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
5. North Facade of Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge over Gera River
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
6. Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge Donor Marker
An dieser Stelle ist im Mauerwerk eine Liste aller Spender hinterlegt, die 1999/2000 dazu beigetragen haben, die Krämerbrücke und viele weitere Kulturdenkmale in Deutschland vor dem Verfall zu bewahren. Dafür danken wir.
Die Stadt Erfurt und die Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Erfurt, im Dezember 2000
————————
At this point in the masonry is stored a list of all donors who in 1999/2000 helped to preserve the Krämerbrücke and many other cultural monuments in Germany before their expiration. We thank them.
The city of Erfurt and the German Foundation for Monument Protection, Erfurt, in December 2000
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 26, 2013
7. Krämerbrücke / Merchant's Bridge and Donor Marker
Marker at lower left of photo
Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 665 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 9, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.