This is a list of all 157 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for the country Germany. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.
Note: Completion year and longest suspended span length may not be known for all bridges listed below.
Also, span lengths are sometimes estimated based on satellite imagery.
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
1784 | Chain | Weilburg, Germany | Lahn River | | 35 | |
1824 | Kettensteg (Chain) | Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | Pegnitz River | 49.45468 N 11.07076 E | 29.6 | Images |
1829 | Kettenbrücke (Ludwigsbrücke, Chain) | Bamberg, Germany | Regnitz River | 49.896400 N 10.891386 E | 64.26 | |
1830 | (suspension bridge) | Nassau, Germany | Lahn River | 50.311559 N 7.796206 E | 74.85 | Images |
1833 | Schaukelbrücke Ilmpark | Weimar, Thüringen, Germany | Ilm River | 50.96722 N 11.33971 E | 14.8 | Images |
1838 | Löwenbrücke (Lion's Bridge) | Berlin, Germany | Tiergarten | 52.512383 N 13.345667 E | 17.3 | Images |
1839 | Hameln | Hameln, Niedersachsen, Germany | Weser River | 52.101511 N 9.351547 E | | |
1839 | Laer Castle (Schlosspark Laer) | Meschede vicinity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Ruhr River | 51.349452 N 8.256528 E | 28.14 | |
1844 | Mülheimer | Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Ruhr River | | 94.14 | Images |
1845 | Kettenbrücke (Chain, Ketten) | Mannheim, Germany | Neckar River | 49.494167 N 8.472222 E | 85.95 | |
1864 | (suspension bridge) | Porta Westfalica, Germany | Weser River | | | Images |
1868 | Eiserner Steg (Eiserne Steg) | Frankfurt, Germany | Main River | 50.108108 N 8.682128 E | | Images |
1869 | Drahtsteg | Passau, Bavaria, Germany | Danube River | 48.575501 N 13.472755 E | | Images |
1870 | Draht (Wire) | Kassel, Hessen, Germany | Fulda River | 51.312209 N 9.504177 E | | Images |
1874 | Palmengarten (Palm Gardens) | Frankfurt, Germany | | 50.122639 N 8.654833 E | | Images |
1875 | (footbridge) | Castle Bergedorf, Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany | castle moat | 53.489417 N 10.212 E | 6.9 | Images |
1880 | Rosentalbrücke | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany | Westlicher Umflutgraben, Oker River - Inselwall | 52.2686 N 10.5143 E | 36 | Images |
1881 | Kettenbrücke | Leipzig, Germany | Scheibenholzpark | 51.326236 N 12.356297 E | | Images |
1885 | Argenbrücke Achberg | Flunau, Achberg vicinity and Blumegg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.632307 N 9.710757 E | 48.6 | |
1891 | Friedrichsbrücke | Mannheim, Germany | Neckar River | 49.493861 N 8.471778 E | 74.7 | |
1891 | Geisecke | Geisecke vicinity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Ruhr River | | | |
1893 | Am Kaltenborn | Wetter and Volmarstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Ruhr River | 51.37610 N 7.39749 E | 38 | Images |
1898 | Kaisersteg | Niederschöneweide, Berlin and Oberschöneweide, Berlin, Germany | Spree River | 52.458179 N 13.519810 E | | Images |
1898 | Langenargen | Langenargen and Gohren, Kressbronn am Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.59622 N 9.56208 E | 71.93 | Images |
1898 | Münden | Hannoversch Münden, Niedersachsen, Germany | Fulda River | 51.419667 N 9.6475 E | 70.4 | Images |
1899 | Mühlentor | Lübeck, Germany | Elbe-Lübeck Canal | 53.859130 N 10.691012 E | | Images |
1899 | Peißnitz (Peissnitz, Peißnitzbrücke) | Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | Saale River | 51.493306 N 11.950111 E | 70 | Images |
1899 | Weserbrücke | Hessisch Oldendorf and Fuhlen, Germany | Weser River | | | Images |
1902 | Salzach | Laufen, Germany and Oberndorf, Austria | Salzach River | 47.939727 N 12.938722 E | | |
1906 | Borsigsteg (Borsig) | Berlin, Germany | Spree River | 52.520874 N 13.339195 E | | Images |
1908 | Eutersdorfer Schaukelbrücke | Großeutersdorf and Kleineutersdorf, Thüringen, Germany | Saale River | 50.78555 N 11.56694 E | 56 | Images |
1908 | Kockisch-Liebenhain | Kockisch, Mittweida and Rossau, Saxony, Germany | Zschopau River | 50.99595 N 13.00630 E | 51 | Images |
1910 | Kiel Transporter | Kiel, Germany | | | | Images |
1911 | Prinzregent-Luitpoldbrücke | Passau, Bavaria, Germany | Danube River | | | Images |
1915 | Deutz (Deutzer, Hindenburg) | Köln (Cologne), Germany | Rhine River | | 184.4 | Images |
1916 | Innsteg (Hindenburg, Fünferlsteg) | Passau, Germany | Inn River | 48.569943 N 13.459694 E | 75.25 | Images |
1917 | Schulweg | Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Datteln-Hamm Canal | 51.694985 N 7.870143 E | | |
1923 | (footbridge) | Kirschbaumwasen, Germany | Murg River | 48.6233 N 8.354967 E | | Images |
1925 | Grimma | Grimma, Saxony, Germany | Mulde River | 51.22805 N 12.72555 E | 80 | Images |
1926 | Nassau | Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Lahn River | 50.311299 N 7.795710 E | 74.9 | Images |
1927 | (footbridge) | Forst, Germany | Lusatian Neisse River | 51.748356 N 14.659815 E | 39.59 | |
1927 | (footbridge) | Töpeln and Wöllsdorf, Saxony, Germany | Zschopau River | | | |
1927 | Hugo Preuss (Hugo Preuß, Humboldthafen, Admiral Scheer) | Berlin, Germany | Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal | 52.523580 N 13.372238 E | | Images |
1929 | Köln-Mülheim | Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.963968 N 6.996659 E | 316.99 | Images |
1936 | Krefeld-Uerdinger | Uerdingen, Krefeld vicinity and Duisburg, Germany | Rhine River | 51.349835 N 6.659175 E | 250.01 | Images |
1940 | Draht (Wire) | Kassel, Hessen, Germany | Fulda River | 51.312367 N 9.503317 E | 84 | Images |
1940 | Friedrichsbrücke | Mannheim, Germany | Neckar River | 49.494500 N 8.472417 E | | Images |
1941 | Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) | Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.898518 N 6.989139 E | | |
1946 | Halfter | Halft, Eitorf vicinity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Sieg River | 50.77129 N 7.47618 E | 75 | Images |
1948 | Luitpoldbrücke | Passau, Bavaria, Germany | Danube River | 48.5756 N 13.4716 E | | Images |
1949 | Wehlen | Wehlen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Moselle/Mosel River | 49.943276 N 7.045824 E | 132 | Images |
1951 | Köln-Mülheimer | Köln (Cologne) and Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.964427 N 6.995124 E | 315 | Images |
1954 | (footbridge) | Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Nahe River | 49.838188 N 7.851235 E | 56 | Images |
1954 | Friedrich Ebert (Duisburg-Homberg) | Duisburg and Homberg, Germany | Rhine River | 51.456384 N 6.723034 E | 285.5 | Images |
1954 | Rochsburg | Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.945681 N 12.761975 E | 50 | Images |
1954 | Rodenkirchen (Rodenkirchener, Köln-Rodenkirchen) | Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhine River | 50.90135 N 6.99335 E | 378 | Images |
1956 | (footbridge) | Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.553032 N 7.426243 E | | Images |
1957 | Wolkenburg-Kaufungen | Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.900368 N 12.677074 E | | |
1958 | (suspension bridge) | Mettlach, Saarland, Germany | Saar River | 49.49277 N 6.58867 E | 108 | Images |
1958 | Sörnzig-Fischheim | Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.021455 N 12.790197 E | | |
1958 | Thierbach-Zinnberg | Thierbach, Penig and Zinnberg, Penig, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.917734 N 12.688116 E | | |
1958 | Zassnitzer (Rochlitz, Rochlitzer) | Rochlitz and Zassnitz, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.04447 N 12.79575 E | 60.85 | Images |
1962 | (pipeline bridge) | Aldingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River | 48.853198 N 9.249430 E | 103 | Images |
1965 | Emmerich | Emmerich, Germany | Rhine River | 51.828918 N 6.226379 E | 501 | Images |
1967 | (pipeline bridge) | Neckargröningen, Remseck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River | 48.878357 N 9.277363 E | 80 | Images |
1976 | Rosenstein | Stuttgart, Germany | | 48.798233 N 9.20955 E | 57.1 | Images |
1978 | (footbridge) | Kloster Ehrenstein vicinity, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.61750 N 7.45082 E | 30.1 | Images |
1982 | (pipeline bridge) | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhein-Herne Canal | 51.534661 N 7.065796 E | | |
1985 | Raumseilbrücke | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Schenkendorfstraße | 48.174717 N 11.59445 E | 60 | Images |
1987 | (footbridge) | Kelheim, Germany | Rhine-Main-Danube Channel | 48.920467 N 11.8731 E | | |
1987 | (footbridge) | Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.552841 N 7.426353 E | 29.7 | Images |
1988 | (suspension bridge) | Untereggersberg, Bavaria, Germany | Rhine-Main-Danube Channel | 48.975310 N 11.654543 E | 77.2 | |
1988 | Max-Eyth (Neckar River) | Stuttgart-Mühlhausen and Stuttgart-Hofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River - Max-Eyth-See | 48.834163 N 9.208899 E | 114 | Images |
1989 | Kochenhof | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Am Kochenhof | 48.798917 N 9.17 E | 42.5 | Images |
1989 | Wullesteg | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | B14/Willy-Brandt-Straße | 48.783971 N 9.188608 E | 35 | Images |
1990 | (conveyor bridge) | Nantenbach, Germany | | | | |
1990 | Holbeinsteg | Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | Main River | 50.10335 N 6.67266 E | 142 | Images |
1991 | Berching | Berching, Bavaria, Germany | Main Donau Channel | 49.105676 N 11.437238 E | 63 | Images |
1992 | (footbridge) | Pforzheim, Germany | Enz River | 48.895202 N 8.724250 E | | |
1992 | (footbridge) | Pforzheim, Germany | Enz River | 48.897727 N 8.730578 E | 82 | |
1992 | Bombay | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | B27/Heilbronner Straße | 48.804300 N 9.183533 E | | Images |
1992 | Brünner | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Rail tracks at Nordbahnhof | 48.804781 N 9.184726 E | | Images |
1992 | Neuperlach | Munich, Germany | Ständlerstraße | 48.105899 N 11.641232 E | 18.88 | Images |
1994 | Wehlen | Wehlen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Moselle/Mosel River | 49.942531 N 7.045049 E | 132 | Images |
1995 | (footbridge) | Gundelfingen and Vörstetten, Germany | Vörstetter Strasse | 48.050217 N 7.859667 E | | |
1995 | Glacisbrücke | Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Weser River | 52.28607 N 8.92190 E | 103 | Images |
1996 | Möbelhaus Bietigheim | Bietigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | | 48.955632 N 9.145985 E | 31.8 | |
1997 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany | B22/Hohenzollernring | 49.945296 N 11.571219 E | 26 | Images |
1997 | Flora | Haldensleben, Germany | Mittelland Canal | 52.292361 N 11.383472 E | 64.25 | |
1997 | Wolkenburg-Kaufungen | Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.900573 N 12.676935 E | 63 | Images |
1998 | (footbridge) | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Deutsches Museum | 48.129894 N 11.582539 E | | Images |
1998 | Herrenkrugsteg (Buga) | Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | Elbe River | 52.15435 N 11.67372 E | 143 | Images |
1998 | Neuer Waschhaussteg | Lübz, Germany | Elde River | 53.464471 N 12.031226 E | | |
1999 | Convertible (Inner Harbor) | Duisburg, Germany | Inner Harbor | 51.43861 N 6.76413 E | 73.72 | Images |
2000 | (footbridge) | Langenargen, Germany | Argen River | 47.59018 N 9.55693 E | 40 | Images |
2000 | Folkwang | Essen, Germany | Bismarckstraße | 51.4427 N 7.0057 E | 27 | Images |
2000 | Luisa-Häuser | Marburg, Germany | Lahn River | 50.80873 N 8.7747 E | 48.47 | Images |
2002 | (footbridge) | Pliezhausen vicinity, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River | 48.558365 N 9.219604 E | | |
2002 | Sörnzig-Fischheim | Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.022007 N 12.789679 E | 60 | Images |
2003 | Erzbahnschwinge | Bochum, Germany | Gahlensche Straße | 51.48495 N 7.194383 E | | Images |
2004 | (footbridge) | Frankenberg, Sachsenburg vicinity, Saxony, Germany | Zschopau River | 50.931877 N 13.025694 E | 52 | Images |
2004 | Am Hasennest | Klein Limmritz, Döbeln vicinity, Saxony, Germany | Zschopau River | 51.112008 N 13.043936 E | 84 | |
2004 | Gröna | Gröna, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | Saale River | 51.76250 N 11.69556 E | 63.1 | Images |
2005 | Nassau | Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Lahn River | 50.311773 N 7.796654 E | 75.5 | Images |
2005 | Pinslsteg | Trostberg, Germany | Alzkanal | 48.025946 N 12.549297 E | 24.5 | |
2005 | Tannenhegerbrücke | Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | Mulde River | 51.82055 N 12.25110 E | 71 | Images |
2005 | Textimasteg | Gera, Thüringen, Germany | White Elster River - Hofwiesenpark | 50.877029 N 12.069380 E | 44 | |
2005 | WiHa-dukt | Wilkau-Haßlau, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.67583 N 12.51472 E | 87 | Images |
2006 | (footbridge) | Esslingen and Mettingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River | 48.744594 N 9.271616 E | 105 | Images |
2006 | (footbridge) | Plauen, Germany | White Elster River | 50.491470 N 12.139265 E | 34 | |
2006 | Mariensteg | Neuburg, Bavaria, Germany and Wernstein, Oberösterreich, Austria | Inn River | 48.506350 N 13.454062 E | 144 | |
2009 | Grimberger Sichel | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Rhein-Herne Canal | 51.547222 N 7.113056 E | | |
2009 | Victor Neels (Viktor Neels) | Gemünd, Germany | Urft River | 50.592611 N 6.451901 E | | |
2010 | Chain (Kettenbrücke) | Bamberg, Germany | Main-Danube Canal | 49.896186 N 10.891204 E | | |
2011 | (footbridge) | Sigmaringen, Germany | Danube River | 48.085564 N 9.208066 E | | |
2011 | Rochsburg | Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.945371 N 12.762114 E | | |
2014 | (footbridge) | Gießen, Germany | Lahn River | 50.596327 N 8.671094 E | 49 | |
2016 | Uichteritz-Leissling | Weißenfels, Germany | Saale River | 51.187194 N 11.907292 E | 65 | |
2017 | Auerswalde | Lichtenau, Germany | Chemnitz River | 50.906393 N 12.897279 E | | |
2018 | Wildline | Bad Wildbad, Germany | | 48.743332 N 8.532978 E | 380 | |
| (footbridge) | Altusried, Germany | Iller River | 47.827773 N 10.209338 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Amberg, Bavaria, Germany | Vils River | 49.439033 N 11.8616 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Bad Hütten and Unterlangnau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.630887 N 9.649808 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Bad Sobernheim, Germany | Nahe River | 49.781333 N 7.6654 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany | | 49.506743 N 10.413097 E | 19.5 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Blankenloch vicinity, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Pfinz-Entlastungskanal | 49.063133 N 8.436317 E | 22.6 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Frankenberg, Sachsenburg vicinity, Saxony, Germany | Zschopau River | 50.931556 N 13.025557 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Heggelbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Argen River | 47.634725 N 9.682643 E | 39.1 | |
| (footbridge) | Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Sieg River | 50.78816 N 7.28245 E | 70 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Herdecke, Germany | Ruhr River - Niedernhof Castle | 51.416834 N 7.463870 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Löhnberg, Hessen, Germany | Lahn River | 50.509968 N 8.276808 E | 57.5 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Legau, Germany | Iller River | 47.869580 N 10.177214 E | 87 | |
| (footbridge) | Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Neckar River | 48.942221 N 9.252534 E | 60 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Neustadt an der Wied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.62044 N 7.42420 E | 25.4 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Niederbuchenau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.57682 N 7.40954 E | 27.2 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Oberhoppen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.60500 N 7.38721 E | 29.5 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Poing, Bavaria, Germany | Plieninger Straße | 48.17555 N 11.81055 E | 20.5 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Roßbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.57111 N 7.41444 E | 25.4 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Rossbach, Germany | Wied River | 50.571067 N 7.414600 E | | |
| (footbridge) | Trockau vicinity, Bavaria, Germany | Autobahn A9 | | 45 | Images |
| (footbridge) | Waldbreitbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Wied River | 50.553218 N 7.426136 E | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Gelsenkirchen Port | 51.533124 N 7.067890 E | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Halle, Germany | Saale River | 51.520727 N 11.938966 E | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Hamburg, Germany | Stadtpark | | | Images |
| Bad Kreuznach | Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Nahe River | 49.837993 N 7.851747 E | | Images |
| Berglern | Berglern, Germany | Mittlere-Isar-Kanal | 48.388860 N 11.928390 E | 32 | |
| Eiserner | Eltmann vicinity, Bavaria, Germany | Main River | | 50 | Images |
| Laudenbach Conveyor | Laudenbach, Karlstadt am Main, Bavaria, Germany | Main River | 49.952643 N 9.763726 E | 125 | Images |
| Rochsburg (Schwankender) | Rochsburg, Lunzenau, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.945537 N 12.762093 E | | Images |
| Rosenau | Kempten, Germany | Iller River | 47.719165 N 10.323338 E | | |
| Sörnzig-Fischheim | Sörnzig and Fischheim, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.021732 N 12.789948 E | | |
| Schwanenbrücke | Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | Wilde Saale River | 51.494189 N 11.945050 E | | |
| Sky Walk | Scheidegg, Germany | | 47.564500 N 9.826806 E | | |
| Thierbach-Zinnberg | Thierbach and Zinnberg, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | | | |
| Wolkenburg-Kaufungen | Wolkenburg, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 50.900151 N 12.677222 E | | |
| Zassnitzer (Rochlitz, Rochlitzer) | Rochlitz and Zassnitz, Saxony, Germany | Zwickauer Mulde River | 51.044611 N 12.795389 E | | Images |
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