Augustus Bridge

The Augustus Bridge is a bridge in the city of , in the state in . Crossing the river , the road bridge connects the in the north with the historic city centre to the south.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge over the river Elbe
  • Also known as: “Friedrich-August-Brücke, Georgij-Dimitroff-Brücke”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Semperoper and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

Theater building
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The is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden. It is also home to the Ballett. is situated 330 metres west of Augustus Bridge.

Museum
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The in , Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings. is situated 410 metres southwest of Augustus Bridge.

Church
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The Frauenkirche is a Lutheran church in , the capital of the German state of . Destroyed during the Allied firebombing of Dresden towards the end of World War II, the church was reconstructed between 1994 and 2005. is situated 410 metres south of Augustus Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innere Altstadt and Innere Neustadt.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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The is a neighborhood in within the administrative district of Neustadt. The name is derived from "Neue Königliche Stadt", the name given to the former district of Altendresden when it was rebuilt after a fire before 1732.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Augustus Bridge

Latitude
51.05541° or 51° 3′ 20″ north
Longitude
13.73965° or 13° 44′ 23″ east
Inception
1910
Named after
Augustus II the Strong
Open location code
9F3M3P4Q+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 192544387
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q450445
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Satellite Map

Discover Augustus Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Augustus Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Augustoren zubia”
  • Basque: “Augustusbrücke”
  • Catalan: “pont August”
  • Chinese: “奧古斯都大橋”
  • Danish: “Augustusbrücke”
  • Dutch: “Augustus Bridge”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Aŭgusto”
  • French: “pont Auguste”
  • French: “Pont Auguste”
  • German: “Augustusbrücke”
  • German: “Friedrich-August-Brücke Dresden”
  • German: “Friedrich-August-Brücke”
  • German: “Georgi-Dimitroff-Brücke”
  • German: “Georgij-Dimitroff-Brücke”
  • Irish: “Augustus Bridge”
  • Italian: “Ponte Augusto”
  • Japanese: “アウグストゥス橋”
  • Korean: “아우구스투스교”
  • Lithuanian: “Augusto tiltas (Dresdenas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Augusto tiltas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Augustusbroen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Augustusbrua”
  • Polish: “Most Fryderyka Augusta w Dreźnie”
  • Romanian: “Podul August”
  • Russian: “Аугустусбрюкке”
  • Russian: “мост Августа”
  • Slovenian: “Augustusbrücke”
  • Spanish: “Augustusbrucke”
  • Spanish: “Augustusbrücke”
  • Spanish: “puente de Augusto”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Augusto”
  • Thai: “สะพานเอากุสตุส”
  • Turkish: “Augustus Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Augustusbrücke”
  • Turkish: “Friedrich-August-Brücke”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Theaterkahn and Theaterkahn, Dresden.

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