Baroque Bridge

The bridge is very beautiful, it is not for nothing that they say that it is a “mini Charles Bridge”. But it’s bad that it is not for pedestrians. It can only be viewed from the side.

Beautiful, really beautiful. Look for original sculptures in a small cemetery. There is also a guide in the cemetery, so it is with an interesting commentary, both on the cemetery and statues.

The magnificent forty-meter Baroque three-arch bridge made of granite blocks over the Stržský stream was built in the first half of the 18th century and replaced the original wooden bridge, which served as the main access to the monastery. In 1761, the abbot of the Žďár monastery, Bernard Hennet, the successor of Abbot Václav Vejmluva, had it decorated with statues of eight saints. The decoration was inspired by the Baroque decoration of Charles Bridge in Prague. Column with the figure of st. John of Nepomuk stood since 1701 south of the bridge, in the same place as today. On one side of the bridge are statues of st. Benedict, Vol. Nicholas, St. John and St. Cyril, on the other st. Bernard, sv. Vojtěch, sv. Paul and St. Methodius. The author of these sculptures is unknown. For each statue of the saint, there is a commentary on the high pedestal explaining the choice of the individual figures. During the years 2008-2009, original sculptures were replaced by original copies during the complete reconstruction of the bridge. The magnificent forty-meter Baroque three-arched bridge made of granite blocks over the Stržský stream was built in the first half of the 18th century and replaced by the original wooden bridge, which served as the main access to the monastery. In 1761, abbot of Zdar monastery, Bernard Hennet, the successor to Abbot Vaclav Vejmluva, decorated with statues of eight saints. Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic Column with the figure of st. John of Nepomuk stood since 1701 south of the bridge, in the same place as today. On one side of the bridge there are statues of St. Benedict, St. St. Nicholas, St. St. John and St. St. Cyril, on the other St. Bernard, St. Vojtěch, St. Paul and St. Paul Methodius. The author of these sculptures is unknown. For each statue of a saint, there is a commentary on a high pedestal explaining the choice of individual figures. In 2008-2009, the original sculptures were replaced by high-quality copies during the complete reconstruction of the bridge.

Almost 300 year old, three-arch baroque bridge. Unfortunately relatively inconspicuous due to the general traffic, but if you take a closer look: beautiful.

The Baroque bridge, which is almost 300 years old, suffers under the weight of car traffic, for which it was certainly not built and yet it still serves, while today's bridges usually do not last even 30 years. How come it used to be better built?