The great Trogfurth Bridge was a historic cultural monument in the Harz Mountains of Germany that was blown up by the SS on 14 April 1945. The bridge over the River Bode, which was made of rubble stone, had been built in 1739/40 at the site of a ford - first mentioned in 919 - on the Königsstieg path through the mountains. The Königsstieg ("King's Way") was one of the oldest German military roads and trading routes and linked northern Europe with Italy.

After the Second World War the destroyed bridge was replaced by a modern one. This became superfluous when the Königshütte Dam

Königshütte Dam

The Königshütte Dam is a dam in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz mountains. It impounds the River Bode and lies between Königshütte and Susenburg...

 was constructed, as the dam wall was located only a few metres east of the old bridge site. From the Trogfurth Bridge it is only a few hundred metres to the Lange, to the ruins of the castles of Königsburg

Königsburg

Königsburg is a ruined medieval castle southeast of Königshütte, a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken, in Harz district in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Site :...

, Trageburg

Trageburg

The Trageburg is a ruined castle immediately next to the Rappbode Pre-Dam in the Harz Mountains of Germany. It is located near Trautenstein in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt....

 and Susenburg.

Trogfurther Brücke is No. 42 in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel

Harzer Wandernadel

The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...

hiking network.