Kromlau Azalea And Rhododendron Park
Rakotz Bridge
The Rakotz Bridge (German: Rakotzbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Rakocec Móst), also known as Devil's Bridge (German: Teufelsbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Djabołski Móst) is 7.8 metres long, 6.5 metres wide and spans Rakotz Lake. The name of the bridge and the lake derive from the Upper Sorbian expression for crab (rak). The radius of the inner arch is 2.2 metres, and the outer radius is 3.4 metres long. The abutments measure 3.6 metres and the side weights measure 2.0 meters The bridge features artificially-formed basalt columns selected and shipped from distant quarries. It was commissioned in 1860 "by the knight of the local town", Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke (1805-1893).
The bridge was renovated in 2018 and 2019, though it remains forbidden to cross the bridge, for the safety of the public and the bridge.
Gallery
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District of Görlitz within Germany
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District of Görlitz within Saxony
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Municipalities of the district of Görlitz
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Gablenz within the district of Görlitz.
References
- ^ "Rhododendron Park Kromlau" (in German). oberlausitz-bilder.de. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Eckl, Maria (16 July 2017). "Rakotz bridge – a fairytale place in Germany". Ready, Steady Travel. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "The Devil's Bridge of Germany: Rakotzbrücke". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Crossing the Devil's Bridge in Germany". Not a Nomad Blog. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Rakotzbrücke Devil's Bridge". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 6 August 2021.