Devil's Bridge (Egg)

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View from the southwest of the Teufelsbrücke near Egg

The Devil's Bridge ( dialect : Tüfelsbrugg ) is a historical road bridge constructed as an arch bridge that crosses the Sihl in the Egg district of Einsiedeln in the Swiss canton of Schwyz . It connects Einsiedeln with the Etzelpass and is part of the Way of St. James , which is also called the Swabian Way between Constance and Einsiedeln .

The first bridge was built by Abbot Gero von Frohburg in 1117. In 1517 the first stone bridge was built. In the 17th century this was replaced by a roofed new building, which was strengthened in 1794 by Brother Jakob Natter and at the same time supplemented with a chapel niche created by Johann Baptist Babel for St. Nepomuk .

Restorations were made in 1833 and 1908. In 1984 the Teufelsbrücke was taken over by the Einsiedeln district .

From 1987 to 1992 it was restored again and placed under the protection of the Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Schwyz.

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The scholar Paracelsus was born right next to the Devil's Bridge in 1493. The bridge is approved for traffic with cars .

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Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '2.9 "  N , 8 ° 46' 2.1"  E ; CH1903:  700730  /  two hundred and twenty-four thousand nine hundred and eight