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Rittershauser Bridge (Spiral Bridge)

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Rittershauser Bridge (Spiral Bridge)

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    September 2, 2020

    The Rittershausen Bridge is popularly known as the "Ringelbrücke" or Spindelbrücke. From here you have a beautiful view of the Heckinghauser gas boiler.

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      The Rittershauser Brücke is a pedestrian bridge over the Wupper and the tracks of the Elberfeld – Dortmund railway in the Oberbarmen district of Wuppertal. It is popularly known as the Spindle Bridge.

      The northern end of the bridge is on the street of the same name on the right bank of the Wupper, right next to a larger parking lot, which is known as Ritterhauser Platz and east of the Oberbarmer Wagenhalle of the Wuppertal suspension railway. The street Rittershauser Brücke, which is a parallel street to Berliner Straße, leads to the street Höfen in the east and begins in the west at Berliner Platz.

      On the other bank of the Wupper, a second bridge construction forms the connection to Heckinghausen over the nine-track Elberfeld – Dortmund railway line. This second bridge and the spur road to this access are also called the Rittershauser Bridge. The southern end of this entrance leads to Waldeckstrasse (Landesstrasse 726).

      The place name Rittershausen is derived from an old farm estate, which was first mentioned in a document in the Beyenburg official account of 1466 as a Rittershof. The farm and family name is derived from the name of this location in eastern Barmen as Rittershausen. A Rittershauser Strasse was first mentioned in 1861. The name for the district of Rittershausen, which was renamed Oberbarmen in the 20th century, was only retained in the names Rittershauser Brücke and Rittershauser Platz.

      The first Rittershauser bridge was built in 1897, but nothing of this structure has survived, as the bridge was completely rebuilt in 1963. The street Rittershauser Brücke was named on September 16, 1968.

      Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittershauser_Br%C3%BCcke

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        January 20, 2021

        The Heckinghausen gas boiler is an industrial monument that was put into operation in 1950.
        After being shut down and Sleeping Beauty for a few years, the interior was extensively rebuilt and now houses the "Aposto" restaurant (in summer with outdoor catering), a fitness studio, an area for exhibitions / light shows and a skywalk on the roof, approx. 70 m away Height with a wonderful view over the city. Civil weddings are also possible here.
        For more information on opening times and prices, simply google "Gaskessel Heckinghausen".

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          Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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