One of the oldest stone bridges in Germany, with bridge chapel

Bridges have a long tradition in the estuary area of the Nahe. The first one was built in the decade before Christ's birth. Drusus fortified the left bank border of the Roman Empire at that time by constructing fortifications and had a wooden bridge built over the Nahe. After its destruction in 70 a.m., the first stone bridge followed, which fell victim to the Normans around 891. It was not until Archbishop Willigis built a new stone bridge over the Nahe more than a hundred years later.

In this bridge, a small early Romanesque bridge chapel was hewn out of the riverside rock of the Nahe in the eastern bridge pillar to entrust the bridge to the protection of the church. The key can be borrowed at the tourist information (during opening hours with a deposit)

Destroyed by the French in 1689, it was rebuilt once again in 1772. In March 1945, a special command blew up the bridge arch in front of the advancing Allied troops. Today, the Drusus Bridge once again shapes the townscape of Bingen.