Wurzenpass

Border station on Wurzenpass in September 2008 no longer find. Controls here instead due to the Schengen Agreement.

The Wurzenpass (Slovenian: Korensko Saddleback ) is a mountain pass on Karawanken between Carinthia in Austria and Slovenia on the route Ljubljana- Jesenice - Kranjska Gora -Villach. At an altitude of 1073 m above sea level. A. He is one of the not quite so high passes of Slovenia. Until the opening of the toll Karawankentunnel 1991 Wurzenpass was with its narrow winding pass road and up to 18 % slope ( with escape route in the lowest Serpentine ) one of the main border crossings to Slovenia, but has since the tunnel was opened mainly tourist importance.

On the Austrian side the Wurzenpass road ( B109 ) leads to the root ball.

History

The Wurzenpass, which was once called Crainberg, forms the shortest and most direct connection of Villach, with his passport connections to Katschberg and the Turracherhöhe, after the once major cities of Gorizia and Trieste, and won in modern times some importance for trade. In the 17th century copper ore and bars were brought from Transylvania on the Wurzenpass to Carinthia, where further processing took place. The importance of Wurzenpass was nevertheless a minor nature, for he stood in the shadow of Saifnitzsattels and Predilpasses. Its steepness disadvantaged him particularly.

With the flourishing of the Trieste harbor and the traffic through the pass connecting Wurzenpass / Vršič, as well as in the direction of Ljubljana grew rapidly. This was made possible by an artificial road, which was completed in 1734 and that made the Wurzenpass the most important pass of the Karawanken. The original plan from 1727 still considered the road Villach- Trieste, as the old ways have to keep records of Fusine and the ratchet Acher saddle. Since this would have been a considerable detour, was the final track alignment over the root ball.

Bunker Museum Wurzenpass

The built during the Cold War bunkers at the Wurzenpass road at the border triangle (A- SLO - I), after its decommissioning in 1997, reopened in August 2005 as a museum and are now open to the public. At the site of the former lock company WURZEN/73 the previously unwritten history of space defense, state attachment and locking force is documented with many exhibits, including Yugoslav tanks, which were used during the 10-day war, and were collected from the Austrian army.

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