Obdach Saddle

Bus stop at the pass

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The Obdacher saddle is a mountain pass between Carinthia and Styria. It lies between the Packalpe and the Alps Seetaler to 955 m above sea. A., and joins the Lavant Valley with the Aichfeld.

History

Already in pre-Roman times led a road over the Obdacher saddle, she joined the Draudurchbruch with the upper Mur and thus formed an alternative route towards the Semmering route. Beyond the Obdacher saddle, the road dipped down very quickly in the Mur valley crossing the Alps. South of Obdacher saddle but had to overcome numerous prehistoric road steep inclines, then what was the reason why the Romans settled with an expansion time. This only happened when he was absolutely necessary, namely when the troops a safe and fast way to the north needed to drive back across the Danube urging Germans.

The old road had, of course, is not enough without occasional extensions and improvements of the Romans, the mining and other local traffic to some extent. For the legions and their device partly existing older ways were in the 1st century, but certainly not later than the reign of Emperor Vespasian, partly created additional roads, expanded into roads. Nevertheless, the performance of these roads remained limited because the steep slopes just made ​​necessary on the south ramp of the Obdacher saddle additional teams. This clamping services had to take over without a return, the population mostly.

Traffic

The Obdacher Straße (B 78) and the Lavanttalbahn lead over the Obdacher saddle of rock rich in Carinthia to shelter in Styria. The B 78 on the Obdacher saddle was completely renovated in 2005 and slightly broadens the cross-section. Between shelter and the Obdacher saddle a chain berth for trucks and buses was built. The saddle is in addition to the Neumarkt saddle of the main public transport hub between Carinthia and the cities Knittel, Judenburg, Leoben and Bruck an der Mur.

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