A very well-known bridge is the focus of “Einst & Jetzt” this time.
The former monarchy is still partly omnipresent in Graz, as the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Kai proves.
Today, however, only those interested in history can do something with the Ferdinand Bridge. “It was put into operation in 1883 and named after the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand. When it was built, the bridge was a pioneering technical work”, reports city historian Karl Albrecht Kubinzky. In 1929 it changed its name to Keplerbrücke, as it is still called today.
Little construction, a lot of green
In the old picture on the left, which was taken around 1885, the photographer photographed the Ferdinand Bridge from the Schloßberg. “The Lendkai, which at that time was already under the bridgehead, was largely unobstructed, and the Keplergymnasium was also missing. Striking: There were still quite a few green areas,” says Kubinzy.
Even the Schloßberg was not so overgrown in many places, today the view towards the Kepler Bridge is no longer completely clear.
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