The Komma Bridge
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The Komma Bridge was built in 1720. It is the oldest standing covered wooden bridge in Vorarlberg and spans a gorge on the Bolgenach River. It is 12.40 m. in length with a height of 5.5 metres and is 15 metres above the water.
The wooden planked floor of the bridge hangs from a trapeze shaped truss. If you look for details you can see many old carpentry joints like the offset or motise and tenon joint. The saddleback roof with the wooden plank shield on the side was made from Silver Fir and served as protection for the entire construction. The supporting frame was made from other types of wood like Spruce.
It has been documented that there was a bridge at this location as early as 1458. The name „Kummabrug“ is seen for the first time in documents dating back to 1514.
The relevance of the bridge as a link between the village of Hittisau with the then independent village of Bolgenach and its high pastures in the Leckner Valley is recorded in documents from 1911.
It is also important to the community of Hittisau to preserve this example of handicraft culture. They bore the costs of extensive renovations to the bridge in 1996.
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