Gwaggelibrugg
The Gwaggelibrugg ( Swiss German for "wobbly bridge") is a bridge between the Wettinger monastery peninsula and the Damsau or the area of Klosterrüti, which belongs to the community of Neuenhof . It is one of the oldest cable bridges in Switzerland that is still preserved today .
The name
Since the bridge is only stiffened in the transverse direction, but not in the longitudinal direction, it sways when you walk over it. For this reason it was popularly called Gwaggelibrugg (wobbly bridge). The wobbling due to the resonance is best felt when several people are walking over the bridge at the same time or are walking on it with heavy loads. A more recent name for the footbridge is Paul-Fischer-Brücke, after the Ammann von Neuenhof Paul Fischer (1927-2004).
history
Until 1863 there was a ferry across the Limmat at this point . In 1858, Johann Wild had a cotton spinning mill built on the monastery peninsula . In order to create living space in the area for the workers of the rapidly growing spinning mill, a food house was built in Klosterrüti in 1863 . Since the ferry was poorly suited to bring the workers from Klosterrüti to the spinning mill, Johann Wild commissioned the construction of the suspension bridge. In 1982 the Gwaggelibrugg was extensively renovated in order to save it from demolition. The balancing act between maintaining the old bridge and ensuring safety was achieved by building a new supporting structure above and below the old bridge.
Culture
At the bridge there is a work of art by Hans Anliker, the conversation about the river , which is part of the Baden – Wettingen – Neuenhof cultural route .
literature
- Paul Fischer, Tom F. Peters, Max Herzog: For the rehabilitation of the "Gwagglibrugg" over the Limmat between Wettingen and Neuenhof. In: Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt, 100, 1982, pp. 730–735.
Web links
- “Gwaggelibrugg” wire rope bridge (1863) on the online inventory of the Aargau Cantonal Preservation of Monuments. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '17.8 " N , 8 ° 18' 42.9" E ; CH1903: six hundred sixty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-five / 256,383