A Ford near Lauffen through the Neckar has resulted in Roman times. The town of Lauffen was founded around 1200. In 1374, the first stone bridge was built, which was swept away by a flood in 1529. But just three years later the new stone bridge (today's) was newly built. In January 1651, the neckar swelled so much that all eleven arches of the bridge were under water, and the cornice to the left-side village was demolished. The bridge but resisted. 1688 he came the French to Heilbronn and Lauffen, as read Wilhelm of Ludwig, Margrave of Baden which pushed back Fronzosen, 1693 to the defense of the city cancel a bridge abutment and the opening with a wooden structure replaced. 1724 this provisional wooden building was replaced by a covered wooden bridge (a strut of the frame). This wooden bridge was canceled then in 1799 by the Austrian troops as they retreated before the French troops under General Ney. in 1810, the original stone pillars was rebuilt. In April 1945, a pillar was blown up once again. But already in 1946 the bridge as Stahlbetonkontruktion with sandstone cladding was rebuilt.<br>The bridge but 1950-1952 at the expansion of the Neckar Canal experienced the strongest cut. Four bows located on side of the city were demolished and replaced by a steel composite cross-section (wingspan 40 m). Also on the village side, a bow for the shore road was lost so that only six remain today of the eleven arches.