Glienicke Bridge, Berlin

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bridge road bridge steel truss bridge

Glienicke Bridge in Berlin is a historic span over the Havel River that became famous during the Cold War as a key site for high-profile prisoner exchanges between East and West.

Aliases (2)

Glienicke Bridge ×56
Glienicker Brücke ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge → road bridge → steel truss bridge →
alsoKnownAs	Bridge of Spies → Glienicker Brücke →
connects	Berlin → Potsdam →
country	Germany →
crosses	Havel → Havel River →
famousFor	Cold War prisoner exchanges → spy swaps between East and West →
featuredIn	film "Bridge of Spies" →
hasCoordinates	52.421°N 13.088°E →
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of German division and reunification →
hasDesign	truss bridge →
hasHeritageStatus	protected monument →
hasNumberOfSpans	3 →
historicalPeriod	Cold War →
inception	1907 →
isTouristAttraction	true →
locatedIn	Berlin → Germany → Glienicke Palace Park area → Potsdam-Babelsberg side on the other bank → Wannsee district of Berlin →
material	steel →
near	Babelsberg Park → Glienicke Palace →
openedToTraffic	1907 →
owner	Federal Republic of Germany →
partOf	border between Berlin and Brandenburg →
reconstructed	after World War II →
region	Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region →
separates	Berlin → Potsdam →
status	open →
traffic	bicycles → motor vehicles → pedestrians →
usedFor	pedestrian traffic → road traffic →
wasOnBorderOf	East Germany → German Democratic Republic → West Berlin →
wasSceneOf	1962 exchange of Francis Gary Powers and Rudolf Abel → 1985 major East–West prisoner exchange → 1986 exchange including dissident Anatoly Shcharansky →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Babelsberg district ("Glienicke Bridge") → Berlin-Wannsee station ("Glienicke Bridge") → Großer Wannsee ("Glienicke Bridge") →	nearbyAttraction
Powers incident → U-2 incident of 1960 →	exchangeLocation
Glienicke Bridge ("Glienicker Brücke") →	alsoKnownAs
Potsdam ("Glienicke Bridge") →	contains
Havel ("Glienicke Bridge") →	hasBridge
Babelsberg Park ("Glienicke Bridge") →	hasViewOf
Cecilienhof Palace ("Glienicke Bridge") →	near
Havel River ("Glienicke Bridge") →	notableBridge