Awarded best dissertation in 2006 at the BTU Cottbus

The "Fleischbrücke" bridge in Nuremberg (built 1596-1598), protected as a historic monument since 1974, has a reputation as the most significant bridge structure of the Late Renaissance in Germany.
This three-volume monograph provides the first analysis of the bridge using construction research techniques including construction history, building surveying and structural analysis. Scale model studies based on a scale of 1:10 were also used (Vol. 1).
Numerous design drawings are in existence. They visualise qualitative structural considerations and are therefore of special importance. Approximately 100 drawings – scattered across different archives and facilities of the City of Nuremberg – were systematically recorded for the first time in a "Catalogue of design and construction drawings" (Vol. 2).
The "Documentation" volume contains a selection of written and visual records relating to the bridge that demonstrate its historical value and public significance. The "Fleischbrücke" bridge monograph was prepared in parallel with design work for a structural restoration of the bridge by the City’s civil engineering department (Vol. 3).

Doctoral thesis committee
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lorenz, BTU Cottbus
Prof. Dr. phil. Rainer Graefe, Universität Innsbruck
Prof. Dr. phil. Andreas Kahlow, FH Potsdam

Disputation
19.07.2005

Link to the publication
http://opus.kobv.de/btu/volltexte/2007/165