Bridge in Switzerland?

Question

My boss went to Switzerland over 20 years ago. She said she went to a town that had a river with a few bridges. One of the bridges was called "The Crying Bridge" because a long time ago when there was a wheat factory there had one of those big water wheels to generate energy and people would fall in the river and get swept away and drown by the water wheel. The town also has cobblestones and tall skinny white buildings.

Can anyone tell me the name of the wheat factory (it closed down a long time ago), or the town or any information about the bridge? My boss said she searched and searched online when she got back from Switzerland for more information but never found anything, and I said I would try.

Thanks!

Answer 1

i would translate Crying Bridge into German as "Seufzerbrücke", but this bridge is in Venice (Italy). could it be your boss errs concerning the country?

ok, concerning Venice cobblestones, tall skinny white buildings and a few bridges would be correct but not the river.

http://www.kaeufel.ch/pictures/slideshow...

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another idea - you said something of a wheat factory. this reminds me of Berne the capital of Switzerland.

the river is called Aare and the building is the Kornhaus/Kornhauskeller (wheat in general can be translated into "Korn". the bridge is then the Kornhausbrücke.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornhausbr%...

http://www.g26.ch/berninfo_kornhaus.html