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Spreuer Bridge

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About Spreuer Bridge

The Spreuer Bridge is one in all two extant included timber footbridges within the town of Lucerne, Switzerland. Besides the alternative preserved bridge, the Kapellbrucke, a third bridge of this kind – the Hofbrucke – existed in Lucerne, however changed into demolished within the 19th century. The first bridge turned into built within the 13th century to connect the Muhlenplatz on the right bank of the Reuss with the turbines inside the middle of the river.
The extension of the bridge to the left financial institution was finished simplest in 1408. This turned into the most effective bridge in Lucerne where it turned into allowed to dump chaff and leaves into the river, as it turned into the bridge farthest downriver. The bridge was destroyed through a flood in 1566 after which rebuilt, together with a granary because the bridge head, known as the Herrenkeller.
The pediments of the Spreuer Bridge contain artwork inside the interior triangular frames, that's a function particular to the wooden bridges of Lucerne. In the case of the Spreuer Bridge, the artwork form a Danse Macabre, referred to as Totentanz in German, which become made out of 1616 to 1637 beneath the path of painter Kaspar Meglinger.
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