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Devil's Bridge (Teufelsbrücke) in Gablenz, Saxony, Germany Teufelsbrücke of St Gotthard Pass, Switzerland Devil's Bridge (Italian: Ponte del Diavolo) in Lanzo Torinese, northern Italy Devil's Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient bridges , found primarily in Europe.
The Rakotz Bridge (German: Rakotzbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Rakocec Móst), also known as Devil's Bridge (German: Teufelsbrücke; Upper Sorbian: Djabołski Móst), spanning Rakotz Lake, is 7.8 metres (26 ft) long and 6.5 metres (21 ft) wide. The name of both the bridge and the lake derive from the Upper Sorbian expression for crab (rak). The ...
The "Devil's Bridge" in Kromlau. Kromlau (Upper Sorbian: Kromław) is a community of the Saxon municipality of Gablenz in the district of Görlitz, located in the westernmost part of Lower Silesia, Germany.
This list of bridges in Germany lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.
In Early Modern Switzerland, a legend developed which attributed the construction of the bridge to the Devil. This is a motif attached to numerous old bridges in Europe (see Devil's Bridge for a comparative account). The name Teiffels Brucken ("Devil's Bridge", modern German: Teufelsbrücke) is first recorded in 1587. [8]
The centre of this "wild picture" is the Devil's Bridge, boldly thrown over the precipice, 75 feet above the water. The bridge, about 30 paces long, consisted of two stone arches ; the larger one connected the right bank with the prominent rock of the left, the smaller one connected this rock with the left bank.
Teufelsbrück ferry pier and marina Statue of the devil near Teufelsbrück. Teufelsbrück (Devil's Bridge) is the name of the area around the mouth of Flottbek stream into River Elbe in Hamburg, Germany. It is located in the local subdistrict of Klein Flottbek and today belongs partly to the quarters of Othmarschen and Nienstedten.
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