Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)

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covered bridge cross-border bridge cultural heritage monument road bridge wooden bridge

The Old Rhine Bridge in Bad Säckingen is a historic, largely wooden covered bridge that spans the Rhine between Germany and Switzerland and is considered one of the longest surviving covered wooden bridges in Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen–Stein	1
Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen) canonical	1
Old Rhine Bridge Bad Säckingen–Stein	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6957757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)
Context triple: [High Rhine, hasBridge, Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)]

A. Emmerich Rhine Bridge
The Emmerich Rhine Bridge is a prominent suspension bridge spanning the Rhine River in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany, known for its striking design and significant role in regional road traffic.
B. Hohenzollern Bridge
The Hohenzollern Bridge is a historic railway and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine in Cologne, Germany, famous for its heavy train traffic and thousands of love locks attached to its railings.
C. Heidelberg Old Bridge
The Heidelberg Old Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge spanning the Neckar River in Heidelberg, Germany, renowned for its picturesque views of the Old Town and Heidelberg Castle.
D. Untermainbrücke
Untermainbrücke is a road and pedestrian bridge over the Main River in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, linking the city center with the museum-lined Schaumainkai on the south bank.
E. Rohrbach’s Bridge
Rohrbach’s Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, best known as the site of intense fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)
Target entity description: The Old Rhine Bridge in Bad Säckingen is a historic, largely wooden covered bridge that spans the Rhine between Germany and Switzerland and is considered one of the longest surviving covered wooden bridges in Europe.

A. Emmerich Rhine Bridge
The Emmerich Rhine Bridge is a prominent suspension bridge spanning the Rhine River in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany, known for its striking design and significant role in regional road traffic.
B. Hohenzollern Bridge
The Hohenzollern Bridge is a historic railway and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine in Cologne, Germany, famous for its heavy train traffic and thousands of love locks attached to its railings.
C. Heidelberg Old Bridge
The Heidelberg Old Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge spanning the Neckar River in Heidelberg, Germany, renowned for its picturesque views of the Old Town and Heidelberg Castle.
D. Untermainbrücke
Untermainbrücke is a road and pedestrian bridge over the Main River in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, linking the city center with the museum-lined Schaumainkai on the south bank.
E. Rohrbach’s Bridge
Rohrbach’s Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, best known as the site of intense fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	covered bridge ⓘ cross-border bridge ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ road bridge ⓘ wooden bridge ⓘ
connectsTo	Stein AG ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryOnLeftBank	Germany ⓘ
countryOnRightBank	Switzerland ⓘ
crosses	Rhine ⓘ
function	links Bad Säckingen and Stein across the Rhine ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Old Rhine Bridge Bad Säckingen–Stein ⓘ linked to: Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)
hasCulturalSignificance	landmark of Bad Säckingen ⓘ landmark of Stein AG ⓘ symbol of cross-border cooperation ⓘ
hasDesign	covered bridge ⓘ
hasFeature	border crossing point ⓘ roofed superstructure ⓘ timber truss construction ⓘ
hasNameInGerman	Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen–Stein ⓘ linked to: Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)
hasPart	multiple wooden spans ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument in Germany ⓘ protected monument in Switzerland ⓘ
isOneOf	longest surviving covered wooden bridges in Europe ⓘ
locatedIn	Bad Säckingen ⓘ Baden-Württemberg ⓘ Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ canton of Aargau ⓘ linked to: Canton of Aargau
material	wood ⓘ
nearbyCity	Basel ⓘ linked to: Basel-Stadt
passesOver	German–Swiss border ⓘ linked to: Swiss–German border
riverKilometer	approximately 150 km upstream from Basel ⓘ
spansBetween	Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
tourismAttractionIn	Bad Säckingen ⓘ Stein AG ⓘ
usedBy	local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ
usedFor	pedestrian traffic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Rhine → hasBridge → Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen) ⓘ

Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen) → hasNameInGerman → Holzbrücke Bad Säckingen–Stein ⓘ

linked to: Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen)

Old Rhine Bridge (Bad Säckingen) → hasAlternativeName → Old Rhine Bridge Bad Säckingen–Stein ⓘ