Bridge Gate by Hendesse

Photography • Historical • posted on Jan 13, 2015

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The medieval bridge gate on the side of the old town of Heidelberg. It was originally part of the town wall. At the gate the people had to pay the bridge toll, in the defense case it could be closed by a portcullis. The bridge toll was abolished in 1878. Thanks for viewing.

Comments (26)

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Cyve

9:27AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Fantastic place and marvelous scene... WOnderful photography !!!

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photosynthesis

10:04AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

A wonderful structure & a fine photo...

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QuietRiot

10:18AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

How wonderful.......I can imagine people and horses and carts all at the gate wanting to get into the town. Thank you for sharing these bits to images and history!

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bebopdlx

10:43AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

How cool is this.

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Jean_C

10:53AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Very nice place in the town, superb capture!

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bodo_56

11:09AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Was für ein schönes Bauwerk! Wunderschöne Farben und perfekt belichtet!

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Jay-el-Jay

11:16AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

A wonderful shot of this old piece of architecture.

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ladylake

11:16AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Interesting bit of history.

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Leije

11:26AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Excellent shot of this bridge gate !

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durleybeachbum

11:31AM | Tue, 13 January 2015

It is very interesting how many Eastern visitors there are!

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Egzariuf

12:01PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Wonderful lines in this

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helanker

1:05PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

What a beautiful gate. Looking with zoom, I see so many details in the whole architecture and in the stones.. Excellent shot.

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jayfar

1:13PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

A wonderful old relic and great to see that it is being preserved so well Klaus.

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drifterlee

1:54PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Beautiful gate and shot!!!!!

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jeroni

5:34PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Very interesting and wonderful work. Beautiful image

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flavia49

7:07PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

beautiful

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goodoleboy

8:47PM | Tue, 13 January 2015

Terrific POV in this terrific capture of the colorful medieval gate, and love the curved stripes at each end.

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starship64

12:08AM | Wed, 14 January 2015

Wonderful historic site. This is a beautiful shot.

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SunriseGirl

2:34AM | Wed, 14 January 2015

Thanks for sharing this wonderful relic of the past.

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blinkings

3:00AM | Wed, 14 January 2015

I loved my week spent in Heidelberg. Great shot mate.

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UteBigSmile

6:55AM | Wed, 14 January 2015

It's a very beautiful looking capture!

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kenmo

7:36AM | Wed, 14 January 2015

Interesting architecture....

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netot

9:49PM | Wed, 14 January 2015

Beautiful architecture!

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MrsRatbag

7:08PM | Thu, 15 January 2015

Wonderful construction! And a beautiful capture!

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danapommet

9:16PM | Sat, 17 January 2015

A delightful zoom to see the details of the old gate plus wonderful depth of your photo to see the town inside the gate! Lots of textures in the gate! Eine reizvolle Zoom, um die Details der alte Tor und wunderbare Tiefe dein Foto zu sehen, die Stadt in das Tor zu sehen! Viele Texturen in das Tor!

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