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SCHWEINFURT THEN AND NOW Pg. 4
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courtesy of Geoff Walden
 
Marktplatz then
Marktplatz today
Views of the Marktplatz from the Rathaus. On the left, a view of the east side of the Marktplatz sometime in 1944.
Views of the Marktplatz from the Rathaus today.

 

Maxbrücke in 1945
Maxbrücke today
The principle bridge across the Main River, the Maxbrücke, was collapsed by demolition on 11 April 1945, as German defenders retreated before the advancing American troops.

When the new Maxbrücke was built in 1960, it was placed just east of the original site. (National Archives, RG 111-SC-323993)

 

Rückertstraße in the 1940s

 

Rückertstraße today
Much of Rückertstraße, leading east off the Marktplatz, was destroyed. (Städtische Sammlungen Schweinfurt)
Rückertstraße today.

 

Ernst-Sachs-Straße then
Ernst-Sachs-Straße today
500-pound bombs cratered Ernst-Sachs-Straße between the Fichtel & Sachs factory (seen here) and the VKF-Werk II facilities. (Stadtarchiv Schweinfurt)
Today the company uses the name ZF-Sachs (a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG).

 

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