The marble bridge in Villmar, Hesse is actually a limestone bridge over the Lahn. The bridge is primarily of local importance, but less of a national one. Nevertheless, it is one of the city's landmarks. It was originally built to give residents access to the quarries and the train station without having to take a ferry. To date, little has changed in this fact. In 1985 it was registered as a technical monument and ten years later it was extensively renovated.
Die Brücke wurde von August 1894 bis Dezember 1895 erbaut, um dem Ort Villmar einen direkten Zugang zur 1862 errichteten Lahntalbahn sowie zu den Marmorbrüchen und Grundstücken „Überlahn“ zu ermöglichen. …