Hofbrücke
Coordinates: 47 ° 3 ′ 15 " N , 8 ° 18 ′ 39" E ; CH1903: six hundred and sixty-six thousand two hundred and sixty-eight / 211828
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| use | Sidewalk | |
| Crossing of | Lucerne bay | |
| place | Lucerne | |
| overall length | 385 m | |
| start of building | 1352 | |
| completion | 1365 | |
| Status | Canceled | |
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| Above sea level | 435 m above sea level M. | |
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The Hofbrücke or Long Bridge was a covered, wooden footbridge over the part of the Lucerne Bay that was filled in in the 19th century for the construction of the Schweizerhofquai , and connected the area around the church of St. Leodegar in the courtyard with Lucerne's old town. It was built in the middle of the 13th century (other source: between 1352 and 1365) and rested on 121 yokes ; At 385 meters, the bridge, which also serves as a battlement, was the longest in the city of Lucerne.
Image path
From the middle of the 16th century the interior of the bridge roof was equipped with a series of 239 paintings of biblical scenes on 120, with one exception, painted on both sides, triangular wooden panels clamped into the bridge yokes. 113 of them have survived. In a niche donated by Colonel Rudolf Pfyffer in 1597 , a fall of Christ was depicted under the cross with life-size wooden figures. The picture path of the Hofbrücke served as a model for those that were set up between 1611 and 1635 in the Chapel Bridge and the Spreuer Bridge . Its creation is seen as a counter-Reformation reaction to the iconoclasm .
After the Hofbrücke was demolished in several steps, the gable panels were stored in various depots between 1835 and 1852 and were on public display from 1886 to 1911. Between 1997 and 2001, all images obtained were examined and preserved.
literature
- Sabina Kumschick: The picture path on the Hofbrücke in Lucerne I - The paintings . Lucerne 2002.
