Landmark
Most Tumski
The steel bridge of 1889 between Piasek island and Ostrów Tumski, once hung with couples' padlocks, which are now forbidden.
What it is
Most Tumski — the Tumski Bridge — crosses the Odra between Piasek island and Ostrów Tumski. It is a riveted steel bridge, built in 1889.
The padlocks
Couples hung padlocks with their names on the bridge and threw the keys into the Odra. At times the padlocks weighed more than two tonnes, and they were removed several times. Hanging padlocks on the bridge is now forbidden, and city services remove new ones.
Name
Cathedral Bridge until 1945.
Until 1945 the bridge was called Most Katedralny, the Cathedral Bridge. At the Piasek end stand figures of St Hedwig, patron saint of Silesia, and St John the Baptist, patron of the archdiocese and the cathedral.