Grießen Pass

Grießen pass, pass, looking west

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The semolina passport or semolina is the valley between the Kitzbühel Alps and the Leogang Stone Mountains. Another but not unique designation is Hochfilzen saddle.

Geography

The meal pass connects the communities of Hochfilzen in Tyrol and Leogang in Salzburg with each other, but is entirely due to the Salzburg area. It reaches about a kilometer southeast of Hochfilzen its highest point 975 meters above sea level. A.. At the top of the valley ( Talwasserscheide ) are the Grießensee and Grießener Moor, from which derive the names of the two nearest locations Hochfilzen and grits and hence the name of the pass, Bavarian " Gries " stands for bank sand, " felt " for Moor.

Traffic

Since the Congress of Vienna of semolina Pass is the lowest intra- Austrian connection between Tyrol and the north-eastern part of the territory, including Upper and Lower Austria.

About the saddle leads the Salzburg -Tiroler -Bahn, also called Giselabahn. In parallel, the southern side of the valley runs the High King Road ( B164 ), on the north by a continuous paved bike path.

History

The marshy pass formed early on the border between Salzburg and Tirol, as both countries competed against each other strongly, this was therefore heavily fortified. In the 17th century the semolina pass was one of the passes, by means of which one could circumvent expensive tolls, tariffs, or even just annoying trade restrictions. To counter this, let the Salzburg side on the pass to station a guard. Thanks to appropriate extensions, the path via the grit to pass a busy route developed. Particularly active was the transport of wine and Welsch, in the 18th century, even the popular Adige brandy.

The railway line in 1873 - built in 1875.

Curiosities

At the summit there is a sign with the wrong elevation "1000 m above sea level ."

Pictures

Between Griessenpass and Leogang