Bridge of Lies in Sibiu

Hello! Today, at the suggestion of a friend of mine I will present you a momunent somehow different, but very interesting!

Bridge of Lies is a metal bridge in Sibiu, built in 1859 over Ocnei street that connects Lower Town and the Upper Town. It is a pedestrian bridge that connects the Piata Mica and Piata Huet. It is the oldest iron bridge in service in present-day Romania.

Metal bridge (Bridge of Lies) of Sibiu was listed as historic monuments in Sibiu in 2004, with classification code SB-II-mA-12107.

In the eighteenth century, Sibiu walls in the northern part of small markets underwent an opening, extending Ocnei street within the city, and facilitating access to the city from the bottom up city. By the middle of the nineteenth century, access to the citadel was through a curved tunnel that passed under a row of houses that share Small Square into two parts.

The place where the tunnel was passed called "benches Lies", this name is given by Dürr Damasus in the sixteenth century. As Emil Sigerus wrote in "Chronik der Stadt Hermannstadt" a document from November 24, 1771 it says that "passing under the Bridge of Lies is illuminated at night by three torches and guarded by three sentinels". On both sides of the tunnel entrance, there were two houses on the 1837 guard, guarded by soldiers.

Due to the fact that the area had become dirty, rubbish being suffocated by producing pestilential odor, city magistrate decided to demolish the row of houses, stretching almost to the Council Tower. The houses are in the tunnel were demolished in 1851 and the tunnel was broken, in place by designing is a passage. At first, across the street Ocnei was built a wooden pedestrian bridge linking Piata Mica and Piata Huet.

In 1859, Friedrich-Hütte (in translation or foundry furnaces Friedrich) of Laubach have cast iron bridge. It was mounted in Sibiu next year, is officially opened on 17 December 1860. Chronologically speaking, this bridge (actually a pedestrian walkway) is the third largest iron bridge built on the territory of today's Romania, the first being built in 1841 over the river Timis, the entry in Caransebes, while the second bridge Lugoj was built in 1833 and two years later collapsed under the weight of a buffalo herd.

This bridge was used initially, according to locals, for circulation carts. Locals with bridge named "bridge lies". City authorities have set up a promenade on the bridge top and one on the bridge, both of which are lit by lanterns.

Top promenade lanterns have changed shape over time. At first, the supports for the ends of rails was one single light that the Hungarian authorities changed their lanterns without glass walls and royalty insignia (a crown above a roof). After the Union of Transylvania with Romania, were maintained previously existing street lights, cutting the crown just above. Subsequently change the font supports were placed by two lanterns.

In October 2006, the German company Alfred Kärcher GmbH & co. KG, a specialist in restoration projects, cleaned and restored Bridge of Lies. Restoration specialists have paid particular attention to keeping the iron shoe, which was cleaned with dry ice and protected by a hardened layer of dry ice. The work was carried free, being considered a "cultural sponsorship 'to Sibiu, European Capital of Culture city in 2007. The bridge was officially opened by Mayor Klaus Johannis.

Small Square pedestrian bridge linking Huet Square is the popular name "Bridge of Lies" or "bridge liars". Since the bridge was built on stilts, he was called in German Liegenbrücke, which in translation means "the bridge down". This name is almost homophonous with Lügenbrücke, which is why some locals began to call him "the bridge lies" and it appeared that legends and justify the name.

Thereof name four legends circulate namely:

The most popular legend is that the bridge has ears and unimaginable power so that every lie heard, he begins to moan in all joints and collapses, bringing down to earth liar.

According to another legend, in Sibiu Piata Mica many fairs were held and, after reaching home, he realized that some buyers have been duped. They are back in the market and took the false merchants chest and roars of laughter in the crowd, he jumped from the bridge. Thus, when merchants arrived in Sibiu again feared the locals themselves to him again.

A legend says that on this bridge used to walk couples in love. Young people there swore their everlasting love and the girls say they are virgins. But after the wedding night, they discovered that some girls were lying. They were dragged off the bridge, being thrown over the railing.

In Sibiu lived many cadets studying at the Military Academy. They used to gather on the bridge with young ladies locals, promising them a lot and then were left to wait in vain men watching them and vows of love.

Liar's Bridge in Sibiu is made of cast iron and has two metal railings made of 8 panels decorated with circles radial goticizant.

The bridge features a single opening for 10.40 m, consists of four arched metal beams, turnkey assembly by bolting and decorated with rosettes and with one belt of elements inscribed in circles. [7] arcs have constant section (about 50x10 cm) with vegetable ornaments or geometric neo-Gothic bill. Arched steel beams from the south have a maximum diameter circles decorated with the coat of arms of Sibiu and the north gate inscriptions "1859" and "Friedrich Hütte".

On both sides of the bridge to the south and north on the edges of the stone pedestrian passage under the bridge there are four cast iron lighting.

This is it for today! God bless you!