landscapes - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1974 - 2 Shilling

The brand image shows the old Finstermünzer Inn Bridge in Tyrol. The construction of a road through the narrows of Finstermünz is already mentioned in documents around 1300. So at the latest then also a bridge must have been built. According to a report from 1524, these "Prugks to Vinstermins v. Pfuns" had to make and maintain the municipality of Nauders. The pillars on the banks and in the middle carry barrier towers, which, as you can see on the stamp, are still preserved today and give the roof of the bridge a very old-fashioned and picturesque appearance. This suggests that the bridge in its still preserved form comes from a time of the edification Siegmundsegg. The old Finstermünzer Inn Bridge was therefore listed as a historical monument in 1949. Anyone who travels on the road from Pfunds to Nauders via the Reschen into the Vinschgau today should not miss the Hochfinstermünz or the Karl-Ludwig-Kapelle, to take a look at the ten-kilometer-long narrowness of Finstermünz , Foaming the Inn meanders through the hermitage between the two endpoints Martinsbruck and Finstermünz. The young Inn bathes the old bridge, which dreams of the times when the traffic had to pass over them.