Spreuer Bridge
Spreuerbrücke, built in 1408
bow arch truss covered bridge
Downriver, between the Kasernenplatz and the Mühlenplatz, the Spreuerbrücke or Mill Bridge zigzags across the Reuss. Constructed in 1408, it is the oldest covered bridge in Europe and features a series of medieval-style 17th Century plague paintings by Kaspar Meglinger titled Dance of Death. Meglinger's paintings portray various conditions of men and women, priests and warriors, princes and men of learning, the young bride, the devout nun, the lawmaker, the hunter, the miller, even the artist himself, are all depicted at the mercy of Death, with his mocking smile and his ever-changing garb. These paintings, suitable for a Benedictine abbey, are seen by every inhabitant of beautiful Lucerne who crosses the river via the Spreuerbrücke. It has a small chapel in the middle that was added in 1568.
the chapel
altar in the chapel
view from the window
lock at the Reuss River dam
The level of lake Luzern is
maintained by a pioneering needle dam in the Reuss River in Lucerne, just
upstream from the Spreuerbrücke.
Text from Wikipedia
entrance to the bridge
