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The bridge was rebuilt several times over the centuries, most notably in the 1890s when it was converted to a stone arch bridge. It was during this time that the distinctive towers were added to the bridge, modelled on medieval stone towers found in a town outside Berlin.
The Glienicke Bridge (German: Glienicker Brücke, German pronunciation ⓘ) is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital Potsdam. It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace.
The Glienicke Bridge spans a narrow section of the River Havel between Jungfernsee and Glienicke Lake. It is considered one of the most historically important transportation links between Potsdam and Berlin.
This list of bridges in Germany lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
The Oberbaum Bridge (German: Oberbaumbrücke) is a double-deck bridge crossing Berlin, Germany's River Spree, considered one of the city's landmarks. It links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg , former boroughs that were divided by the Berlin Wall , and has become an important symbol of Berlin's unity.
The Invalidenstrasse border crossing was located east of the Sandkrugbrücke, a bridge over the Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal, near Berlin’s central train station. A dramatic escape attempt took place at this checkpoint in May 1963.
9 cze 2015 · It happened at Glienicke Bridge. On 11 June 1985 almost 30 spies crossed the bridge between Potsdam and West Berlin in the biggest spy swap of the Cold War. The US flag was flying on the Berlin side; the flags of East Germany (GDR) and the Soviet Union had again been raised on Potsdam side.
