Glienicke Bridge is twentieth century suspension bridge with a cloak and dagger past that crosses from Berlin to Potsdam, Germany. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1905/00/00 | Eduard Furstenau | Architect | Eduard Furstenau, head of the technical office of the building department in the Prussian Ministry of Public Works in Berlin, designs the colonnades for the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge. | |||
| 1907/11/16 | Designed by the Johann Caspar Harkort Company of Duisburg, the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge opens in Prussia. | |||||
| 1945/00/00 | The German film studio UFA shoots the film Unter den Brucken (Under the Bridges) at the Glienicker Bridge, in Werder (Havel), Havelberg, Rathenow and Potsdam, 1944-1945. | |||||
| 1945/04/00 | An unexploded shell severely damaged Glienicke Bridge. After the War, a makeshift wooden bridge will be erected to facilitate traffic. | |||||
| 1947/11/00 | Rebuilding of the Glienicke Bridge begins under the direction of Dr Engr Hans Dehnert. The collapsed steel structure reinstalled in the remaining upper structures. | |||||
| 1949/10/19 | The repaired Glienicke Bridge reopens. The wooden bridge will be removed in the 1950s. | |||||
| 1949/12/00 | Minister of Transport, Hans Reingruber and other GDR officials rename the Glienicke Bridge "Bridge of Unity." A white line will be added to mark the border between the German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany. | |||||
| 1952/05/27 | The "Bridge of Unity" is closed to citizens of West Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany. Allied military personnel and foreign diplomats are allowed to cross. | |||||
| 1962/02/10 | The United States of American exchanges Rudolf Abel, convicted for spying for the Soviet Union in 1957, for Gary Powers, the pilot of an American U-2 spy plane shot down in 1960. | U-2 Spy Plane Incident | ||||
| 1985/06/12 | After three years of negotiation, 23 American agents held in Eastern Europe are exchanged for Polish agent Marian Zacharski and three Soviet agents arrested in the West. | |||||
| 1986/02/11 | Political prisoner Anatoly Shcharansky and three Western agents are exchanged for Karl Koecher and four other Eastern agents. | |||||
| 1988/11/11 | Three citizens of Potsdam escape East Germany by driving stolen trucks through the border gates on "Glienicke Bridge". | |||||
| 1990/11/10 | One day after the opening of the Berlin Wall, the Glienicke Bridge is reopened to pedestrians. | |||||
| 2014/11/28 | Steven Spielberg | Director, Producer | The Glienicke Bridge is closed to the public and is dressed to look like it is February 1962 for the feature film "Bridge of Spies" directed by Steven Spielberg. | |||
| 2014/12/01 | Tom Hanks | Actor | The feature film "Bridge of Spies" staring Tom hanks concludes shooting at Glienicke Bridge in Germany. |
| Particulars for Glienicke Bridge: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Structure type | Bridge |
| Historic Era | Cold War |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Profession | Espionage |
| Historic Use | Road-related |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Bridge Type | Suspension Bridge |
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