Leanne’s is asking for bridges for Monochrome Madness. What a great subject for b&w photography! Monochrome Madness: Bridges
Leanne’s is asking for bridges for Monochrome Madness. What a great subject for b&w photography! Monochrome Madness: Bridges
This is the river Neckar in Heidelberg as seen from the East. The first bridge, the stark metal construction is the bridge on top of the lock which regulates the different levels of water for boats and ships. It’s wide enough for cars but it’s closed … Continue reading The Bridges of Heidelberg

Over a stretch of 3.5 km there are four bridges in Heidelberg. In this photo I managed to catch all four of them. The one in the foreground, barely recognisable as a bridge, is the footpath on top of the waterlock.

The next one is the Old Bridge just underneath the Heidelberg Castle. Although many years ago it was open to cars but now it is exclusively open to pedestrians, mainly tourists.
The third one, named after the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, is also a two lane road with a wide pedestrian lane and an extra bicycle track. Where it crosses the river Neckar the old part of Heidelberg (and the long pedestrian-only stretch ends.

The last one, the Ernst-Walz-Brücke named after the Mayor of Heidelberg in the first part of the 20th century, is a four lane road, not particularly pretty but utilitarian and very important for Heidelberg’s traffic flow. The bridge pylons can just bee seen in the last photo.


The town on the left side of the river Rhine is called Worms which should explain the title. It used to be just one bridge (the right one) but traffic between the state of Hesse and the Palatium had become so much that they added the left one a few years ago and made each a one way bridge. I’ve just read that the older bridge dating back to 1953 has to be replaced in the next few years as renovation is not possible. However, only the part that actually crosses the water needs to be replaced, the new bridge will fit seamlessly with the old parts on either end. A perspective to look forward to.
My Square Perspective no. 21 is linked to The Life of B.
