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22.04.2019 - In commemoration of the bridge collapse at the Purzelkamp, it was a disaster when building the bridge over the reservoir Ottenstein on October 24, 1956. In this ten construction workers lost their lives.
Source: regiowiki.at/wiki/Br%C3%BCckeneinsturz_am_Purzelkamp
Source: regiowiki.at/wiki/Br%C3%BCckeneinsturz_am_Purzelkamp
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July 10, 2026
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On October 24, 1956, at 3:30 p.m., a catastrophe occurred in the municipality of Friedersbach: The bridge under construction over the Purzelkamp, near the Lichtenfels ruin, collapsed.
Today, a small chapel directly next to the bridgehead on the Lichtenfels bank commemorates the ten victims of this accident.
Today, a small chapel directly next to the bridgehead on the Lichtenfels bank commemorates the ten victims of this accident.
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