In the valley of Montafon, the bridge of the village broke down, or rather the swollen torrent carried it away and as the parish was anxious to restore it as soon as possible, the villagers of course being unable to pass to and from Schruns, on the other side of the river, for all their daily wants, they applied to the village carpenter, and offered him a large sum of money if he would rebuild the bridge in three days' time. Zimmermann from Neustrelitz.Īlmost every country possesses some legend of a "Devil's Bridge," and how the Evil One has been ultimately cheated by his own handiwork, and the Tyrol, which is alive with legends and superstitions, is not behind any other in this respect. 1 (Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1879), no. Source: Karl Bartsch, "Die Teufelsbrücke im Gahlenbeker See,".He was not finished with his work, and angrilyįlew off through the air without completing the bridge. She said nothing, but at midnight she went to the chicken coop andĪwakened the rooster, who thought that it was already morning, and crowed That evening when he arrived home, he told his wife what had happened. Night, before the rooster crowed three times, under the condition that the The man promised to build a bridge in one He had scarcely uttered this wish whenĪ man appeared before him. This annoyed him, and one day he wished with a curse Started, but never completed, by the devil.Ī shepherd had to drive his herd completely around the lake in order to It is called the devil's bridge, and is said to be the remains of a bridge Land, probably artificial, that stretches about to the middle of the lake. In Lake Galenbeck (in the vicinity of Friedland) there is a tongue of The Devil's Bridge in Lake Galenbeck Germany Gebräuche und Märchen aus Westfalen und einigen andern,īesonders den angrenzenden Gegenden Norddeutschlands, vol. Source: Adalbert Kuhn, "Dom und Brücke zu Bamberg," Sagen,.
The master builder of the tower was so irritated with the earlyĬompletion of the bridge that in his dismay he threw himself from the Then the journeyman fetched a rooster and chased it across the bridge. The devil quickly went to work and was finished within a short time. In return, the devil would receive the first Still far behind, so the latter made a pact with the devil, that he should When the master was almost finished, the journeyman was
The Legend of the Devil's Bridge (Tuscany, Italy).The Devil's Bridge (Switzerland/France).The Devil's Bridge near Klaus (Austria).The Bamberg Cathedral and Bridge (Germany).The Devil's Bridge folktales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 1191
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