The bridge over the water at Striegauer Laasan (now Lazany) no longer exists. She was the first German road bridge made of iron. The supplier of design was the iron foundry Malapane located on the same river. By the middle of the 18th Century were at the site of present city dense forests. Having been discovered on the large lawn Malapane Eisenstein camp took place in 1753 and 1754 on the orders of King Frederick II of Prussia, the construction of two blast furnaces river.
was built in 1796 Laasan the first navigable cast iron bridge (for vehicles) in Germany. It was after the Coalbroakdale (1779) Bridge in England, the first traffic bridge on the European mainland. The Iron Bridge in Wörlitzer Park (various information: 1784, 1791) is older, but it is only a pedestrian bridge. place via this bridge, following contemporary text. "On the right bank of the Striegauer water, an iron bridge leads by 18 feet wide, 9 feet high and 40 feet voltage or arc length of the Striegauer water direction Saarau This is the first in Silesia and Malapane to by the Englishman [John] Baildon cast, with 60 workers in 15 weeks and patch on July 30, 1796 iron bridge opened on the European mainland. The weight of iron is 946 ton and 18.5 pounds. "
The cost for the construction of the cast iron bridge carrying the Lasaaner Reich Graf Wilhelm von Burg Niclas house Laasan.
The bridge over the Striegauer water was made so excellent that it existed almost 150 years. However, it was blown up by the German army withdrawal 1945th Today, it no longer exists, only the remains were later found and recovered.
sources including: Wikipedia; http://ndtponton.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/brucke-uber-das-striegauer-wasser-bei-laasan; www.oberschlesisches-erbe.de; www.bendorf-geschichte.de/bdf-0059.htm; www.bernd-nebel.de; www.horst-adler.de
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