There was originally a wooden bridge between Lorenz's side of the old town and the flea market, which was destroyed in 1451. The following year, the Lange Bridge was built as a replacement, a covered wooden bridge that hung on stone pillars. This construction gave it the nickname Hanging Bridge. The first sandstone bridge was built in 1486 and is mostly in its original condition. In 1728 the bridge was renovated by the sandstone arch that still exists today. In honor of the then Emperor Charles VI. or his wife Elisabeth, the bridge was initially called Kaiserbrücke or Elisabethbrücke.
We start the walk from the Big Round Tower on the main street of the city, which leads to the old town through the courtyard of artisans and St. Lorenz Square, to the central shopping area of the town, where the largest Christmas market in Europe took place annually. On the way, we see the famous museum bridge, the monument "Ship of fools", dine in the tavern of St. Sebald and return to the beginning of the path through Schleifersteg and Charles Bridge.