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Wiizemer Steg — border bridge over the Wutach

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Wiizemer Steg — border bridge over the Wutach

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Wiizemer Steg — border bridge over the Wutach

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    Location: Schaffhausen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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    July 31, 2023

    The Wiizemer Steg was extensively renovated. A remarkable German-Swiss joint project was realized more than 100 years ago.
    In 1912, the young and active Schleitheim Tourist Association took the initiative and invited new negotiations. In 1914, the Basler brothers built a wooden structure out of wheat according to the plans of Schleitheim resident Heinrich Pletscher-Proyer. The concrete work was carried out by Heinrich Stamm, and the blacksmith Kornhaas from Stühlingen did the ironwork. Both communities shared the costs of 2,360 francs. Shortly before the First World War, the structure was opened to pedestrian traffic.
    In 1916, the German border guards blocked the "Wiizemer Steg" with barbed wire, even though it was entirely within Schleitheim's territory. It remained closed until the end of the war in 1918, after which it could only be passed with valid papers. Soon the Wutach waves were gnawing away at the structure again.

    Although the worst of the damage was repaired in 1927 and 1935, the days of the "Wiizemer Steg" were numbered. On December 21, 1938, it was demolished by building officials from the municipality of Schleitheim at the insistence of the Waldshut district office. Nazi Germany was interested in a completely sealed border. It would take 42 years before a connection was again established across the Wutach at this point. Relations between the two municipalities cooled during and after the Second World War. Until the 1960s, border crossings outside of customs offices were not permitted, and border controls were strictly enforced on both sides of the Wutach.
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      July 19, 2020

      Small spelling error, the pretty wooden bridge to Switzerland is the Wiizemer Steg

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        May 31, 2022

        Beautiful wooden bridge over the Wutach. Border between Germany and Switzerland. Today for once without border control ;-)

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          July 1, 2024

          The Wiizemer Steg is a border bridge between Germany and Switzerland over the border river Wutach. Pretty country and place names are attached to the bridge. A nice, joint idea of two neighboring countries. 👍

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            July 27, 2023

            German-Swiss border - you wouldn't know it without the sign

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              August 6, 2024

              On the bridge you cross the border between Germany and Switzerland... There are beautiful wooden signs on the side

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                June 30, 2019

                Small footbridge over the Wutach

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                  September 12, 2023

                  On the bridge you pass the border between Germany and Switzerland... There are beautiful wooden signs attached to the side border

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                    April 25, 2025

                    Switzerland is not far away anymore.

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                      August 4, 2024

                      Step onto the bridge and be in two countries at the same time.

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