Nördliche Monbijoubrücke

Nördliche Monbijoubrücke carries you across Berlin’s Spree in Mitte, beside the Kupfergraben and Museum Island. The northern section forms part of the larger Monbijoubrücke and rests on two stone arches. Pedestrians, cyclists and emergency vehicles use the crossing between the museums and the surrounding city.

Ernst von Ihne designed the bridge, built between 1902 and 1904 alongside the Bode Museum project. Neobaroque balustrades and lantern holders once combined granite, bronze and sandstone from Reinhardtsdorf, Posta and Wünschelburg. German troops destroyed the northern section during the Second World War, leaving a temporary steel bridge for many years. Reconstruction in 2006 reused many original materials while accommodating modern navigation on the Spree.

Look closely at the northern span, where the paired arches and stonework show the meeting of historic design and practical engineering. Its deep foundations and carefully rebuilt details preserve a visible link between Berlin’s early twentieth-century architecture and its wartime history.