Elster Viaduct

#733 among destinations in Germany

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The Elster Viaduct near Pirk, part of Weischlitz municipality, is one of the most unusual motorway bridges in Germany. The building of this bridge began in 1937, but was stopped in 1940 due to the chaos created by World War II. Since this bridge then was in the restricted area of the East Germany, construction was not restarted until 1990. In June 1990 preliminary investigations began, and finally in September 1990 the building of the bridge began anew. In August 1993 the bridge was opened to traffic. Federal Motorway 72 now uses the bridge. ()

Local name: Elstertalbrücke Coordinates: 50°25'40"N, 12°4'12"E

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SaxonyGermany

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Elster Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schaustickerei Plauener Spitze, Kemmler, Rittergut Kürbitz, St. John's Church.

5.9 miNE
Museum
Schaustickerei Plauener Spitze, Plauen
151 min walk • The Embroidery Machine Museum has historical and regional importance in the City of Plauen, Germany. The exhibit is located in a small group of buildings consisting of a home and a small factory with original embroidery machines.
5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kemmler, Plauen
127 min walk • Kemmler is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
2.3 miN
Manor house
Rittergut Kürbitz
60 min walk • The Feudal Estate of Kürbitz, in Vogtland, was a manor of the family of Feilitzsch; only a part of the mansion is extant.
5.4 miNE
Church
St. John's Church, Plauen
138 min walk • St. John's Church in Plauen is the main Protestant church in the city. The consecration document of the predecessor church in 1122 is also the first documentary mention of Plauen. The oldest parts of today's church are from a three-nave basilica...
1 miE
Forts and castles
Rittergut Magwitz
26 min walk • Rittergut Magwitz is a manor in Magwitz, today a district of Oelsnitz/Vogtl. in the Vogtlandkreis district of Saxony.
5.5 miNE
Church
Luther Church, Plauen
139 min walk • The Lutheran Church in Plauen/Vogtland was built between 1693 and 1722 and is one of the oldest Baroque central churches in the Free State of Saxony. It received its current name in the Luther Year of 1883.
6 miNE
Church
St. Paulus Church, Plauen
153 min walk • St. Paul's Church in Plauen is an Evangelical Lutheran church consecrated on November 29, 1897.
5.2 miNE
Museum, Art gallery
Weisbachsches Haus, Plauen
134 min walk • Weisbach's House was built in 1776 as a manufactory building of a calico printing house. The structure is considered to be the most significant surviving manufactory building in Saxony and a precursor of Saxon factory architecture.
5.7 miNE
50°29'54"N • 12°8'9"E
Kolonnaden, Plauen
145 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
5.3 miNE
Memorial
Synagoge Plauen, Plauen
137 min walk • The synagogue in Plauen was consecrated in 1930 as the penultimate major synagogue in Germany before the National Socialists took power in 1933. It was destroyed as early as 1938 during the night of the pogroms.
6.5 miNE
50°29'45"N • 12°10'18"E
Mode Express No.1 Elster Park Plauen, Plauen
166 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre