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The 23 meter long Schwänberg Bridge is a covered rod polygon bridge over the Wissbach.
For pedestrians, it connects the Egg district of Flawil with the Schwänberg district of Herisau. The first bridge was built in 1615 and replaced by the current one in 1782. Numerous inscriptions by its builders make it a "speaking bridge".
Text / Source: Outdooractive.ch
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October 16, 2022
An old covered wooden bridge with the (new) name Schwänberg Bridge, between Egg and Schwänberg, built in 1782. It is 22 meters long and rises 24 meters above the gorge.
August 25, 2019
The Wissbach or the Wissenbach[5] is a nine-kilometer-long river in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and a border river in the canton of St. Gallen.
January 25, 2022
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