Saar Bridge/Roman Bridge
In addition to the Roman villa in Konz, the Saar bridge is another symbol of Roman architecture.
In Roman times, a bridge spanned the Saar in Konz. A major highway ran across it (via publica) , which led from the Mediterranean via Metz to Trier.
371 the bridge over the Saar is mentioned in Ausonius "Mosella". It is believed that the poet of the »Mosella« stayed here and the stone bridge with the six arches and the Savarus (Saar) sang, "who carries his waves far and wide, to roll them wearily to rest at the seat of Augustus".
He describes them as the river (the Saar) divided into six sections before its mouth and had two towers in the middle. The bridge therefore had five stream pillars.
In Roman times, the actual bridge construction certainly consisted of a wooden construction, which was only replaced by a stone vault in the Middle Ages.
It was destroyed in 1735 and rebuilt between 1782 and 1787. The bridge still rested on the Roman foundations.
Remnants of these red sandstone stream pillars were preserved because this bridge was repaired again and again until it was finally demolished in 1934 and rebuilt.
The new building was destroyed again in 1944 and had to be rebuilt again in 1948.
Attempt to reconstruct the Roman bridge at Continuacum / Konz