The Devil's Bridge at Andermatt
- Date of account
- Nineteenth-century Swiss legend documentation
- Location
- Schöllenen Gorge, near Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The legend of the Devil’s Bridge at Andermatt explains the construction of a bridge across the dangerous Schöllenen Gorge through a bargain or contest involving the Devil, who demands the first living creature to cross. Nineteenth-century travel writing, local history, and folklore collections helped circulate the story alongside the actual Alpine engineering landmark. It is useful for comparing hazardous crossings, demonic builders, sacrificial substitutions, and the transformation of infrastructure into legendary space. The bridge’s construction history and the legend’s textual development should be documented separately.
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