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The Gaichtpass or Gachtpass is a 1093 m above sea level. A. high Talpass in Tyrol in Austria.

It connects the Lech Valley in Gaicht with the Tannheimertal at Nesselwängle. About the Gaichtpass the Tannheimer Road B199 from white stream runs past the Haldensee and Tannheim to Oberjochpass in Germany; the local continuation to Bad Hindelang is the B 308

History

By the sixth century the Gaichtpass was used by the Romans as a trail linkage to the garrison Brigantium ( Bregenz), in the Middle Ages as a way of mule track into an important trading route on the primarily salt and wine were transported was. In the village there is a Gaicht dated to the 12th century Salzstadel today.

The mule track was in 1550 expanded the street, which was followed by a roadblock with a fort, Austria locked against the Allgäu Hindelanger valley. The fort was expanded in the 17th century and reinforced in 1744. Emperor Joseph II ordered in 1782 to the sale of all Tyrolean fortifications except Kufstein, the fort was abandoned, auctioned the guard house. During the Napoleonic Wars, the castle was repaired in 1796. Mid-18th century it was burned down, some wall remains today are only obtained.

The old today benützbare only as a path or road route led along the valley floor and then at first only in the northern valley in the mountain flank. The road offered only a draft horse place, it was for up to three horses after another tense. 1661 were shipped across the Gaichtpass 15,850 barrels of salt.

Beginning of the twentieth century, the route was moved and built a road in the north-eastern side of the valley bypasses the gorge-like Weißenbachtal about 150 m above the valley floor. In 1957, the road was again extended.

The Gemstobelbrücke built in 1912, was blown up along with the Lech bridge in Lechaschau on 29 April 1945 by the retreating Wehrmacht. 1979, the new bridge was completed.