Spanning the murky Emscher River, the Emscherbrücke Lindberghstraße stands as a testament to Dortmund’s resilience. This unassuming bridge, right here before us, has a story more turbulent than the river it crosses. The Emscherbrücke Lindberghstraße isn’t just a bridge. It’s a survivor. This is actually the fifth bridge on this very spot since 1920. Imagine the previous four structures, succumbing to the dramatic ground subsidence caused by coal mining at the Hansa Colliery. Between 1968 and 1980, the ground here sank a staggering 13 meters. The street, formerly Parsevalstraße and now Lindberghstraße, along with its bridge, buckled and dipped, demanding replacement after replacement. The Emscherbrücke Lindberghstraße we see today, a sturdy beam bridge, was erected in 1981. Its construction marked not only a new crossing but also, hopefully, the end of an era of sinking bridges. Further subsidence is not expected, allowing the Emscherbrücke Lindberghstraße to stand tall, connecting the banks of the Emscher and the lives of the people of Deusen.
Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule
Established in 1988 the Willy-Brandt-Gesamtschule in Bochum is a significant landmark in German education. It was one of the first