Title: Glienicke Bridge - Wikipedia
Headings: Glienicke Bridge
Glienicke Bridge
Contents
Location
History
Cold War
Bridge of Spies
In popular culture
Gallery
See also
References
External links

Content: It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace. The current bridge, the fourth on the site, was completed in 1907, although major reconstruction was necessary after it was damaged during World War II. During the Cold War, as this portion of the Havel River formed the border between West Berlin and East Germany, the bridge was used several times for the exchange of captured spies and thus became known as the Bridge of Spies . Contents
1 Location
2 History
2.1 Cold War
2.2 Bridge of Spies
3 In popular culture
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Location
Glienicke Bridge, looking east
The bridge spans the Havel narrows between the Jungfernsee (lake) to the north and the Glienicker Lake to the south. It carries the Bundesstraße 1 highway. The Glienicke Palace and Jagdschloss Glienicke are situated (across the highway from each other) near the east (Berlin) end of the bridge. Potsdam tram route 93 from Potsdam main station and Berlin bus route 316 from Wannsee station terminate and interconnect at a tram stop on the Potsdam end of the bridge. The respective Potsdam and Wannsee stations are served by the Berlin S-Bahn and by longer distance trains. History
Glienicke Bridge, painting by Franz Xaver Sandmann, 1845
A first wooden bridge across the Havel River at this location was built about 1660, in order to reach the hunting grounds around Stolpe. By the early 1800s, a new, non-wooden bridge was needed to accommodate the massive increase in traffic on the chaussee between the Prussian capital Berlin and the Hohenzollern residence in Potsdam.