In 1867 the first cast-iron Bridge was opened in the city of Ljubljana.
In middle ages only two bridges were connecting the banks of the Ljubljanica river: the Old Bridge (later called the Lower Bridge), which was standing in place of today’s Triple Bridge, and the Butcher's or Upper Bridge (Mesarski most, Zgornji most) in place of today's Cobbler's Bridge.
The Butcher’s Bridge, named after butchers stalls that were located on it, was pulled down at the beginning of the 17th century and in 1614 a new bridge was built in its place. The new bridge was equipped with little shacks that were mostly rented by cobblers, hence the bridge got a new name, the Cobblers Bridge (Čevljarski or Šuštarski most).
In the second half of the 19th Century the old Cobbler's Bridge had to be replaced for safety reasons with a stronger one. This was the first cast-iron bridge in Ljubljana and it soon became one of the most interesting technological solutions of the time. It was built of triangular elements cast in Dvor foundry in Žužemberk, which were then joined by screws at the construction site. The bridge was named after the then mayor, Janez Nepomuk Hradeczky, and called Hradecky Bridge (Hradetskega most).
Hradecky Bridge stood there until the beginning of the 1930s, when the architect Jože Plečnik designed a wider and more monumental bridge as part of his Ljubljanica riverbanks renovation plan.Plečnik’s new bridge is called Cobblers Bridge.
The old Hradecky Bridge was moved to nearby a morgue by Zaloška Street and so renamed the Mortuary Bridge (Mrtvaški most).
In 2011 the cast iron bridge got its new location in Trnovo, where it connects Žabjak (by Pizzeria Trta) and Krakovo, and is called Hradecky Bridge again.
