Stamp point 42 / Trogfurther Bridge

The Trogfurther Brücke stamping station (425 m above sea level) is located at the dam wall of the Königshütte transfer barrier.

For many cen­turies, the Trog­fur­ther Bridge over the Riv­er Bode was an impor­tant part of the trade route from Italy via the Harz Moun­tains to Scan­di­navia. A ford was first men­tioned here in 919 as the “Trog­weg”.

The Trog­fur­ther Bridge was built around 1740 from quar­ry stones, which prob­a­bly came from a Susen­burg fortress tow­er. A few days before the end of the Sec­ond World War, this bridge was blown up by the SS on 14.04.1945.

The suc­ces­sor struc­ture, a bridge made of rein­forced con­crete and wood, became super­flu­ous after the con­struc­tion of the spill­way dam was com­plet­ed on 24.08.1956. The dam, which is also used today to cross the Bode, is locat­ed a few meters east of the for­mer Trog­fur­ther Bridge. 

From the hik­ing park­ing lot below the Königs­burg ruins HWN 41, fol­low the north­ern route towards Rübe­land and pass the con­flu­ence of the Warm Bode and the Cold Bode to the Trog­fur­ther Bridge.