Semmering Pass

Semmering is a mountain pass in the Eastern Northern Limestone Alps connecting and , between which it forms a natural border.
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  • Type: Pass with an elevation of 1,059 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in Austria
  • Also known as: “Semmering”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Semmering railway and Fire station in Semmering.

Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
The in , which starts at and leads over the Semmering to , was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track.

Fire station
Photo: GuentherZ, CC BY 3.0.

Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Semmering and Maria Schutz.

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is an alpine pass connecting and . The railway is a UNESCO world heritage site as it is the first high alpine mountain railway.

Hamlet
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of Semmering Pass.

Village
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is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the state of . is situated 4½ km northeast of Semmering Pass.

Semmering Pass

Latitude
47.63333° or 47° 38′ north
Longitude
15.81667° or 15° 49′ east
Elevation
1,059 metres (3,474 feet)
Open location code
8FVQJRM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2765171
Wiki­data ID
Q63600
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Satellite Map

Discover Semmering Pass from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Ukrainian—“Semmering Pass” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Ode Semmering”
  • Bulgarian: “Земеринг”
  • Cebuano: “Semmering”
  • Chinese: “塞默林山口”
  • Chinese: “塞默灵山口”
  • Dutch: “Semmering Pass”
  • Esperanto: “Semmering”
  • Estonian: “Semmeringi kuru”
  • Finnish: “Semmeringsola”
  • French: “col du Semmering Pass”
  • French: “col du Semmering”
  • French: “Semmering”
  • Georgian: “ზემერინგის უღელტეხილი”
  • German: “Semmering Sattel”
  • German: “Semmering-Pass”
  • German: “Semmering”
  • German: “Semmeringpass”
  • Greek: “Πέρασμα Σέμερινγκ”
  • Hungarian: “Semmering-hágó”
  • Japanese: “ゼメリング峠”
  • Korean: “제머링 고개”
  • Luxembourgish: “Semmering”
  • Luxembourgish: “Semmeringpass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Semmering”
  • Polish: “Przełęcz Semmering”
  • Romanian: “Pasul Semmering”
  • Romanian: “Semmering-Pass”
  • Russian: “Земмеринг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Semmering”
  • Swedish: “Semmering”
  • Swedish: “Semmeringpasset”
  • Ukrainian: “Земерінг”
  • Ukrainian: “Земмерінг”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Semmering and Greis.

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