Punt Ota (Pontresina)

This article deals with the Punt Ota in Pontresina; for other meanings of the same name, see Punt Ota .

Punt Ota.

Coat of arms of Pontresina with the simplified Punt Ota.

Punt Ota ( [ˌpʊntˈotɐ] ^{? / I} , Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Putèr for "high bridge") is a bridge for pedestrians in Pontresina in the Upper Engadine . It leads over the Bernina stream and connects the train station with the village of Pontresina.

The over 300-year-old bridge bears the inscription " In 1710 Flurin P Tumaesch and Alesch Frauntz community leader FF " and is depicted in the town's coat of arms.

After the Reformation was adopted in 1537, images and statues of saints from the church of Sta. Maria removed and thrown from the Punt Ota into the river. The floating statues were mockingly called "Bhieti Gott" ( hdt . : "protect you God"), which led to the name of the Pontresians: ils Pietigots .

Web links

Commons : Punt Ota  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historic buildings in Pontresina under Architecture on pontresina.ch
• Punt'Ota, under Customs Culture, Historic Buildings on pontresina.ch ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '25.7 "  N , 9 ° 53' 52.2"  E ; CH1903:  788 783  /  151755