Jaufenpass

View from Jaufenpass direction Sterzing

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The Jaufenpass or simply Jaufen (Italian Passo di Monte Giovo ) is a mountain pass in South Tyrol (Italy). It connects s.l.m. at an altitude of 2094 m Pass eggs in St. Leonhard with the Wipptal at Sterzing. The road is very winding has 20 turns and a length of 39 km.

Description

The Jaufenpass is the northernmost intra - Italian Alpine pass, and the shortest distance between Merano and Sterzing. It combines the Sarn Valley in the south and the Stubai Alps in the north. The palace is surrounded by the mountains Jaufenspitz Pass ( 2481 m) and Saxner ( 2359 m) and from its broad Ratschingstal.

History

Given the importance of this connection Jaufenpass received his road until relatively late, shortly before the start of the First World War. Until then, it took advantage of the old and steep mule track to the pass traffic. Unlike today's road led this a little further west, but also the highway partly uses the old route by also does not increase by the Jaufental to the pass, but over a Jaufenwald operations listed ridge between Jaufental and Ratsching Erbach. Unlike the steep rise from the Jaufental this routing enabled a relatively small increase, which is also in the highway it turns out that on the north ramp significantly less bends and bridges are needed than on the south ramp.

The Jaufen was probably observed already in the Stone Age quite heavily used by hunters; Finds, which was made on a wide ridge that lies between the current road and the old Jaufenweg testify of it properly. Later we did not forget the transition, and the connection continued to be used - as in the Bronze Age, as the discovery of an ax from this period, which was made ​​in Jaufental, it occupied.

The old path was expanded by the Romans early on, probably even once extensively shortly after the 200th year at this time they built the Brenner road as passable route from; however, since the expansion of the road delayed by the Eisack ravine, was built as a replacement of the mule track over the Jaufen. This was partially even paved, but most only two-wheel carts passable. With the opening of the road through the Eisack ravine of Jaufen was soon no longer be used as active.

Name

The name Jaufen goes on a Romanesque juvu (Latin iugum ) with the meaning yoke back.

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