Konrad Adenauer Bridge

In 1669, the Elector Charles Louis built a floating bridge, which consisted of a platform secured to two barges anchored in the Rhine.

Impressive portal buildings, designed by the Karlsruhe architect Josef Durm, were built at the ends of the bridge.

A sculpture of Minerva with industry and trade made by Karl Friedrich Moest was erected on the railway bridge.

[2] At the end of World War II on 20 March 1945 the bridge was blown up by the German army.

After the war, temporary bridges were built over the Rhine River connecting the railway in July 1946 and for the road in December 1948.