Elster Viaduct

After the Göltzsch Viaduct (Göltzschtalbrücke) it is the second largest brick bridge in the world.

The viaduct was built in the course of the construction of the Leipzig–Hof line of the Saxon-Bavarian State Railway (Sächsisch-Bayerische Staatseisenbahn).

In contrast to the Göltzsch Viaduct, which is only nine metres higher, it was built with normally shaped arches on only two levels.

In the last days of the Second World War on 16 April 1945 the German Wehrmacht partially demolished the bridge.

The final reconstruction of the two collapsed masonry brick arches was completed in October 1950.