About Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge)
Münsterbrücke isn't just any bridge; it's the VIP lounge of Zurich's river crossings, with exclusive views of the Grossmünster and Fraumünster—no reservation required.
In 1835, the chief engineer of the merchant society of the city of Zurich, Alois Negrelli, initiated the construction of the bridge in collaboration with the master-builders Conrad Stadler and Johann Jakob Locher-Oeri, who engineered the sophisticated wooden scaffold. The foundations of the bridge were based on 472 oak piles with a length of up to 15.6 m (51 ft), to bear its weight of about 6,100 tons.