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Old Wooden Bridge, Olten

Old Wooden Bridge, Olten

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Old Wooden Bridge, Olten

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Location: Solothurn, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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3. Wildpark Mühletäli – Old Wooden Bridge Olten loop from Olten

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PinionRadlerJan

July 1, 2025

Beautiful old wooden bridge over the Aare.

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Arno

February 7, 2018

The wooden bridge is impressive. It reminds me that such transitions in prehistory were enormously important. Already in Roman times there was such a strategic bridge. Today's wooden bridge replaced in 1803 the built by Baltenschwiler emergency bridge.

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

July 2, 2023

Imposing bridge over the Aare. You should take it with you on a sightseeing tour.
Already in Roman times there was a fort in Olten at the site of the old bridge to protect the river crossing. The old bridge was first mentioned in 1295.

Source and more: myswitzerland.com/de-de/erlebnisse/old-wooden-bridge-in-olten

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Targi

October 5, 2024

As early as Roman times, there was a fort in Olten at the site of the old bridge to protect the river crossing. The old bridge was first mentioned in 1295.
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Over the centuries, the bridge was burned down several times, damaged by floods or ice, or even torn away. After the French invasion, Blasius Baltenschwiler built an emergency bridge in 1797, which was replaced by the current bridge in 1803.

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PinionRadlerJan

October 2, 2025

Very beautiful old wooden bridge over the Aare.

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Elevation 390 m

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Old Wooden Bridge, Olten

1. Belchenflue Summit Viewpoint – Gwidem ridge trail loop from Wangen bei Olten

2. Wildpark Mühletäli – View of Aarburg Fortress loop from Rothrist

3. Wildpark Mühletäli – Old Wooden Bridge Olten loop from Olten

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