Zugbrücke in Loitz

The Peene Bridge in Loitz is a river crossing over the Peene near Loitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Already before 1610 there was a permanent crossing of the Peene near Loitz. In order to meet the requirements of industrialization, the swing bridge, which no longer exists today, was built in 1886/87. In 2010 it was the oldest manually operated swing bridge in Europe. The passage height was 1.7 meters, the passage width 11.50 meters. In terms of construction, it was a two-leg swing bridge. To move the bridge, a T-shaped bar was used on the central pier (at the midpoint of the roadway), which was turned by two workers.

For the trouble-free crossing of the Peene

The drawbridge has been a replacement for the old swing bridge since 2012.