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Leopold Bridge

In 1823, master bricklayer to the court Johann Heinrich Weckerling built the Leopold Bridge over the Eschbach waterway. The name was a memorial the Prince Leopold, who fell in the Battle of Lützen in 1813 during the Napoleonic wars of liberation. The initiative went back to his brother Landgrave Friedrich VI, as shown on the inscription on the barrel vault. Like the Landgrafenbrücke (Landgrave Bridge), it was created during the extension of the Elisabethenschneise path as an extension of the Tannenwaldallee Road. The Leopold Bridge initiated a real monument cult in the Landgrave’s house for the Prince who died early, which was also expressed in the Leopoldstein (Leopold Stone) and the Leopoldstempel (Leopold Temple).

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Building History

Construction

1823

Location

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Subject Area

Culture

Funding

princely

Keywords

Monuments   Bridges  

References

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Recommended Citation

„Leopold Bridge“, in: Orte der Kur <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/odk/record/id/1198> (aufgerufen am 26.05.2026)