Saale Bridge at the Blankenberg Paper Factory

Ferdinand Traugott Flinsch introduced mechanical papermaking in Blankenberg in 1843. Until 1993, parchment paper and printing paper were produced in the Thuringian city on the river Saale. Today you can learn more about the times in a museum.As soon as you cross the bridge over the Saale, you leave Thuringia and enter Bavaria on the other side of the river.

The Saale Bridge near Blankenberg is the border between Thuringia and Bavaria. There is a lot to see in Blankenstein, whether the ruins or the old border strip.

The Saalebrücke at the Blankenberger Papierfabrik, built in the 19th century for city traffic and the rail operation of the works railway, was destroyed in 1945 by the German Wehrmacht. The wooden structure for agricultural vehicles was destroyed by the GDR authorities in 1952. It was only in 1992 that this important pedestrian bridge in the Green Belt was rebuilt and completely renovated in 2009.