Lego-Brücke
The Lego-Brücke is a concrete beam bridge which crosses over the Schwesterstraße in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal, Germany. In 2011, graffiti and street artist Martin Heuwold repainted the bridge in the style of Lego bricks, receiving national and international media attention for his work.Photo: Morty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: mural
- Description: bridge painted to look like Lego bricks
- Also known as: “Lego bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bismarck Tower and Thomaskirche (Wuppertal).
Bismarck Tower
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bismarck Tower is situated 650 metres southeast of Lego-Brücke.
Thomaskirche (Wuppertal)
Church
Photo: Thomas Wtal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thomaskirche (Wuppertal) is a church, which is situated 480 metres west of Lego-Brücke.
Jüdischer Friedhof an der Weißenburgstraße
Cemetery
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jüdischer Friedhof an der Weißenburgstraße is a cemetery, which is situated 490 metres west of Lego-Brücke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elberfeld and Luisenstraße.
Elberfeld
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.
Barmen
Suburb
Photo: Manos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen is situated 3 km east of Lego-Brücke.
Lego-Brücke
- Categories: bicycle bridge, footbridge, beam bridge, concrete bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.26754° or 51° 16′ 3″ northLongitude
7.16073° or 7° 9′ 39″ eastInception
October 7th, 2011Open location code
9F397596+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 598015935OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=muralWikidata ID
Q1812960
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Lego-Brücke” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lego-Brücke”
- French: “Lego-Brücke”
- German: “Lego-Brücke Schwesterstraße”
- German: “Lego-Brücke”
- German: “Legobrücke Schwesterstraße”
- German: “Legobrücke”
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Highlights include Post & Lotto Steinmetz and Juggerfeld.
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