Pantenbrücke
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '8 " N , 8 ° 58' 54.7" E ; CH1903: 717651 / 192019
The Pantenbrücke is a double bridge in Linthal in the canton of Glarus ( Switzerland ).
location
The Pantenbrücke leads over the deep, narrow Linth Gorge south of Tierfehd . It connects Linthal via the Kistenpass with Breil / Brigels in the canton of Graubünden and serves as a transition to the Alps in the sand, in Baumgarten, Nüschen and Mutten, and as a feeder to the Sandpass .
Surname
The name Panten comes from pontus (bridge) and pantum (passage for cattle) and indicates a Romanesque settlement in the rear valley of the Linth.
situation
The Panten Bridge is a double bridge in which the newer bridge was placed on top of the older one. Because the previous bridge has been preserved to this day, construction techniques from different bridge building eras can be viewed in a very small space.
The first known pant bridges
The first known stone arch bridge was built in 1457. After being destroyed by avalanches and falling rocks, the bridge was renewed in 1560 and 1750. The maintenance obligation was incumbent on the owners of the Alps in the tree garden and sand. In 1556, the Glarus district administrator participated in the renovation of the bridge because livestock farming and export were an important source of income for the Glarus estate. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the bridge with the Linth Gorge became known throughout Europe as a motif by travel writers and landscape painters. The Zurich city doctor and scholar Johann Jakob Scheuchzer visited the bridge in 1705 and created the first known view. During the French War, on September 25, 1799, 1 1/2 battalions of the Austrian General Linken crossed the bridge on the advance from Flims - Panix over the Kistenpass to Linthal .
The first preserved Panten bridge
The lower stone bridge was built in 1853/54 on behalf of the Catholic Church in Glarus and the municipality of Betschwanden , the owner of the Alps in Baumgarten und Sand.
The second preserved Panten bridge
With the construction of a road from Tierfehd to Sandwiti , the new upper bridge was created over the old bridge in 1899–1902. As a continuation of the Panten Bridge, the Kistenpass was a popular, but not harmless, tourist destination. In 1907 it took 11 hours of hiking from Linthal to Brigels. In 1997, both bridges were extensively renovated.
literature
- Karl von Schütz from Sigmaringen : Journey from Linthal via the Limmern Alp to Brigels. A contribution to the knowledge of the mountains between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden. Orell Füssli u. Comp., Zurich 1812.
- Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung from 1814, fourth volume, Halle . Page 728
- Newspaper for the Elegant World , October 1835, Leopold Voss Verlag, Leipzig . Page 895
Web links
- Peter Ziegler: Linth (river). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Historic traffic routes of national importance in the canton of Glarus
- Pantenbrücke by David Herrliberger, copper print from 1754
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linthaler Jahrzeitbuch (Commemoration of the Dead)
- ↑ Hans Jenny-Kapper: Catalog of the printed maps and plans, views of places and landscapes, from the beginnings to 1880 , from 1939
- ^ Carl von Clausewitz : The campaigns of 1799 in Italy and Switzerland , Volume 2, page 162