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A beautiful view from the local mountain of Görlitz

Since February 28, 2009, three pairs of passenger trains have been running again between Dresden and Breslau over the viaduct. However, electric train operation was not resumed after the reconstruction of the viaduct until today, as the overhead line was dismantled by the Soviet Union west and east of the Neisse in the autumn of 1945 after the war. In 2011, it was announced in the local press that the Polish railway company, which owns the viaduct, intended to renovate the railway bridge by 2013 and at the same time prepare for electrification. At the end of 2013, the construction work was completed. Renovation and maintenance work was carried out on the tracks and the substructure. The permissible speed could be increased from 30 to 80 kilometers per hour. Heavy freight trains can now also cross the viaduct. PKP had the parapet removed and replaced with a new one. Furthermore, new sand trap containers were installed for drainage, lights were erected, and new control systems for rail traffic were installed. Mach Wikipedia

The Whispering Arch at Untermarkt 22 in Görlitz is a magnificent late Gothic portal decorated with elaborate details. Construction of the portal began in 1500, followed by extensions in 1525 and 1726. The Whispering Arch's keel-arch archivolt transmits sound waves so that even quiet words can be heard from one end to the other. Today, the Whispering Arch is one of the city's most visited sights.

The historic medieval Untermarkt in Görlitz is the centre of Görlitz's old town and is one of the most beautiful squares in the city. Here, in the middle of a unique ensemble of historic buildings, you will find the Görlitz town hall, the historic arches of the hall houses and the famous whispering arch.

The original name of this square, first mentioned in 1305, is simply Market. In 1403 the name Niedermarkt appears in the archives. The name Ring, which existed between 1340 and around 1600, probably comes from Silesian. The part north of the Zeile separating the square was also temporarily called the Alter Markt, Fischmarkt or Herringsmarkt. The country people selling goods mainly stood in the northern part of the square, while the artisans in the southern part. It was not until 1864 that the weekly market moved to Elisabethstrasse. The block of houses in the middle of the square is called Zeile or Mittelzeil. A passageway from east to west led through this block of houses; this no longer exists today. This passageway provided access to the southern grocers. Later, the houses were opened to the south side of the square, because the rich merchants (also spice and silk merchants) had their stalls on the south side.

History Planning The construction of the railway line through the pine forests of the Görlitzer Heide was the result of a compromise that provided for the connection of Görlitz to the main line of the Niederschlesisch-Märkischen Eisenbahngesellschaft (NME). The main route of the NME ran from Berlin via Frankfurt (Oder) and Liegnitz to Breslau, thus bypassing the Upper Lusatia, which had been Prussian since 1815. The plans provided for the branch line to Görlitz to start from a branch line of the NME in Kohlfurt. In Görlitz, a connection to the Saxon-Silesian Railway was to be realized. However, this required crossing the Neisse. The option for crossing consisted of a long flood bridge on the flatter plains north of the city or a bridge over the narrower but deeper Neisse valley. The decision was made to cross the deep Neisse valley, as the city absolutely had to be touched, a level crossing to the Saxon-Silesian Railway.

The Neisse Viaduct in Görlitz is a railway bridge over the Lusatian Neisse between Germany and Poland. The 475-metre-long viaduct is one of the largest and oldest railway bridges in Germany. It was opened in 1847 with the railway line between Görlitz and Kohlfurt as part of the then rail connection between the Saxon capital Dresden and the Silesian provincial capital Breslau.

Since 1847, the viaduct has spanned the Neisse River near Görlitz as part of the former Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway. This makes it one of the oldest railway bridges in Germany. On April 7, 1945, the last day of World War II, the Wehrmacht blew up some of the bridge's arches. The viaduct was rebuilt in the 1950s and reopened for train service between East Germany and Poland in 1957. The viaduct is 475 meters long and 35 meters high. More information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nei%C3%9Feviadukt_(G%C3%B6rlitz)#0