A 1628 view of the town already shows a simple bridge across the river . Farmers built a wooden bridge along the ford in 1502 which was garded from nearby '' Hohes Haus '' . It was destroyed by floods in 1534 , 1573 , 1595 , 1618 , 1656 , and 1661 , and had then been replaced by a ferry for more than 200 years . When a boat capsized in 1855 , three of its eleven passengers drowned . In 1889 a farmer from Zaßnitz on the opposite bank of the river had built a bridge suspended from a rope and charged a fee for its usage . The miller Schlobach took it over later and leased it out . In 1936 the bridge came under municipal management . The toll booth remained standing for a long time . At Christmas 1940 the users welcomed a reduction of the toll , and at Easter 1942 the usage of the bridge became free . Soldiers of United States Army blocked and guarded the bridge from 14 April 1945 , it was reopened after the Red Army took over . The flood of July 1954 destroyed the bridge , and a ferry operated again for some months . While inhabitants of Rochlitz and Zaßnitz built a temporary bridge on their own , the Rochlitz council held back material saved from the old bridge . A new , higher suspension bridge was built in 1958 about 30 m from the old location . It was extensively rehabilitated after the 2002 European floods and was closed temporarily after the 2013 European floods
2013 European floods
2013 European floods
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