Zwierzyniecki Bridge

Wrocław, Poland

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Spanning the Oder River in Wrocław's eastern district, Zwierzyniecki Bridge is an Art Nouveau steel structure built between 1895 and 1897 to replace an earlier wooden crossing from 1655. Designed by Karl Klimm under the supervision of city architect Richard Plüddemann and engineer A. Fruhwirth, the single-span truss bridge features two parallel-braced rib steel arches set 12.5 metres apart and rests on granite abutments. Its distinctive character derives from four decorative red sandstone obelisks in the Art Nouveau style and period-appropriate street lamps that illuminate the bridge at night. Located near Wrocław Zoo and the Centennial Hall exhibition grounds, the bridge narrowly escaped destruction during the 1945 siege of Festung Breslau when German forces prepared explosives to prevent an expected eastern assault—though the Red Army ultimately attacked from the south. Today it stands as a protected immovable monument and remains integral to the city's waterfront landscape.