There is a commemorative plaque on the west side of the bridge that commemorates a special event. King Friedrich Wilhelm III is said to be on the bridge. received the news of the Battle of Waterloo and the victory over Napoleon in the presence of Princes Friedrich Wilhelm IV and Wilhelm I. The news was brought by Colonel Adolf Eduard von Thile.[2] The commemorative plaque was erected when the bridge was renamed Waterloo Bridge in 1891. After the Second World War, the commemorative plaque disappeared; but it was reattached in 1999. Source: Wikipedia

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the Way of St. James goes along here

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The Neumarkt Bridge is a historic crossing over the Saale at the foot of Merseburg Castle.

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1. Saaleradweg Cycle Path – Saalebogen Bridge loop from Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

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2. Merseburg Cathedral – Saaleradweg Cycle Path loop from Bad Dürrenberg

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3. Raßnitzer See Beach – Wallendorfer See loop from Halle-Südstadt

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Location: Merseburg, Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Neumarkt Bridge (Waterloo Bridge), Merseburg

1. Saaleradweg Cycle Path – Saalebogen Bridge loop from Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof

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