The Bridge of Lies or Podul Minciunilor or Lügenbrücke. Cute Bridge - Sibiu Romania - ECTV

The Bridge of Lies (Romanian: Podul Minciunilor, German: Lügenbrücke) is a legendary pedestrian bridge located in the center of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu in central Romania. There are many legends surrounding the bridge because of its name. It is the first cast iron bridge built in Romania[1] and the second one built in Europe.[2]

Located in the Lesser Square of Sibiu, the bridge crosses Strada Ocnei to connect the Lesser Square to the Huet Square.

Legends
The Bridge of Lies has many legends surrounding it because of its name. The most popular one has it that the bridge will collapse when someone tells a lie while standing on it.[1] Another legend says that the bridge was often crossed by merchants who were trying to fool their clients. The ones who were caught were tossed off the bridge. According to another legend, the bridge was a meeting place for boys attending the military academy and their girlfriends. The boys wouldn't show up, leaving their girlfriends wait until realizing they have been lied to. One legend also has it that the bridge was often crossed by young lovers who swore each other eternal love. The girls also swore that they were virgin, which often turned out to be a lie after the couples got married. As a punishment, they were thrown off the bridge, since it was the place where they had lied to their lovers.[2]

Despite all the legends, its name has a different origin. The bridge was initially called Liegenbrücke, German for lying bridge (lying as in "to lie down"), which sounds very similar to Lügenbrücke, meaning "bridge of lies". The legends have helped the latter spread among the city's people, which is how the bridge came to get its current name.

Design and architecture
The bridge is sustained by four arches made of cast iron. They are decorated with Neo-Gothic motives. On the southernmost arch stands the coat of arms of Sibiu, while on the northernmost one stand the inscriptions 1859 and Friedrichshütte respectively, the latter being the name of the foundry that delivered a part of the bridge's components.[3]

The rails are made out of eight panels with circular shapes and Gothic decorations.

[meeganmuse]

Regardless of why it’s named “bridge of lies, ” it’s a beautiful bridge! 💕

[alexakay]

Due to the fact that the bridge was the first to be built without support pillars, it was also called the "lying bridge". In the Saxon dialect "lying" (lugenmarchen) is the homonym of the word "lie", hence the confusion. It is a pedestrian walkway that connects Piata Mică and Piaţa Huet and is the oldest cast iron bridge in service in Romania today. It was the second European bridge made of cast iron and the first in Romania.

It is said, for example, that this bridge was crossed especially by young lovers who swore love forever. The girls also swore they were virgins, but after the wedding night the men would find that they had actually lied. As punishment, the girls were thrown from the bridge. Another legend says that if someone tells a lie while crossing, the bridge shakes until it brings the liar with his feet on the ground.

[cameliaprodisteanu]

As a person who grew up in the centre of Sibiu, near the bridge of lies, I can tell you why it’s called like that 😅❤
First of all I want to mention that this is a myth, but a beautiful story and a sad one at the same time, which says that back in the 1800’s, the soldiers were meeting their sweethearts late at night up on the bridge, and to make the girls fall in love with them, they were making false promises 😄 so that’s why it was called “The Bridge Of Lies” ❤

[doizece]

It's called the "bridge of lies" because everyone lies on why it is called the "bridge of lies"