Customs Bridge (Göschenen)

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Customs Bridge (2018)

The Zollbrücke is a stone bridge in Göschenen in the Swiss canton of Uri .

The bridge with a crenellated customs gate leads over the Göschener Reuss and is a cultural asset of regional importance .

The toll bridge was built around 1240 by the Counts of Rapperswil . Customs were levied at the toll bridge until 1830.

Web links

Commons : Zollbrücke  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Meyer : About the influence of the Gotthard pass on the beginnings of the Confederation. By Matt, Stans 1919, pp. 8/9.

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 3.1 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 8"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven  /  169120