Die Brücke von Andau - The Bridge at Andau
The Hungarian Revolution 1956
Instrumentation:
Blasorchester
Category:
Konzertmusik
Duration:
06:00
Difficulty level:
2
Komponist:
Gerhard Hafner
Description
The Brücke von Andau is a small bridge over the Einserkanal/Hansági-főcsatorna, a small river which forms part of the border between Austria and Hungary. It is located near to the village of Andau.
With the turmoils in summer 1956, more and more Hungarians fled to the west over the border to Austria.
The bridge at Andau was the escape route for about 70,000 Hungarian people during the Hungarian Revolution.
On November 21, 1956, the bridge was blasted by Soviet troops