Kramerbrucke

The Kramerbrucke Merchants' bridge is a medieval arch bridge within the town of Erfurt, in Thuringia in imperative Germany, which is coated with half of timbered shops and houses on each aspects of a cobblestone street. It is one of the few closing bridges in the international which have inhabited homes. It has been constantly inhabited for over 500 years, longer than some other bridge in Europe. The stone, pedestrian bridge, which dates from 1325, is one of the oldest secular structures in Erfurt. It spans the Brainstorm, a branch of Gera River, and connects two city squares Benediktsplatz and Wenigemarkt.

The creation of the homes on the Kramerbrucke turned into completed in 1486, following a hearth in 1472 which destroyed nearly 1/2 of the town and the marketplace stalls on the stone bridge. Sixty- wooden framed buildings were constructed on every side of the stone bridge, creating a avenue between the two rows. Later, the small houses have been progressively merged, in order that there are now 32 houses at the bridge. They have shops at the floor ground and living lodging above. They are the longest rows of inhabited homes on any bridge in Europe.