Brommybrücke was a bridge over the River Spree destroyed during the Battle of Berlin to stop the Red Army. Its ruins still remain in the river
In the final weeks of World War II, the Red Army advanced into Berlin. Hitler and his sycophants spared nothing to stop the Soviet soldiers. Not even the Brommybrücke. The bridge was blown up in an attempt to stop them.
But the ruin of Brommybrücke still stand.
Construction of Brommybrücke started in 1907 and took two years to finish. The bridge was built to replace an older one to handle the increased traffic across the river.
Photo by Hermann Rückwardt. Public Domain.
The bridge was named after Admiral Karl Rudolf Brommy, a Navy officer and scientific navigator from Saxony. The street crossinh the bridge was also named after Admiral Brommy.
Photo by Chrissie Sternschnuppe@Flickr. CC BY-SA.
But then Hitler came to power, and World War II did not go as he expected. The Red Army marched into Berlin in April 1945.
Several bridges were destroyed to prevent the advance of Soviet soldiers, but unlike the others, Brommybrücke was never rebuilt.
Since the reunification of Germany in 1990, there have been several discussions about rebuilding the bridge, but so far only the ruins of a pillar in the Spree remain.
Photo by Chrissie Sternschnuppe@Flickr. CC BY-SA.
A viewing platform has been built at the end of Brommystraße on the Kreuzberg side to see the ruins.
Brommystraße is not particularly long today. The street is a few hundred meters long side street to Köpernicker Straße, and at the end there is a beautiful view of the last pillar from Brommybrücke.
Photo by Chrissie Sternschnuppe@Flickr. CC BY-SA.
You can also see Brommybrücke from the other side of the Spree. If you walk into the park behind the East Side Gallery at Ostbahnhof, you can spot Brommybrücke out in the river.
Photo by Chrissie Sternschnuppe@Flickr. CC BY-SA.
Where:
End of Brommystraße
Kreuzberg, Berlin
Family friendly: Yes
Price: Free
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