Scharnitz Pass
The Scharnitz Pass is a narrow section of the upper Isar valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about 955 m on the Austro-German border between the states of Bavaria and Tyrol.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pass with an elevation of 957 metres
- Description: narrow section of the upper Isar valley at the border of Tyrol / Bavaria
- Also known as: “Scharnitz Paß” and “Scharnitzpass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porta Claudia and Mauerreste der Porta Claudia.
Porta Claudia
Ruins
Photo: Sarang, Public domain.
The Porta Claudia is a former fortification at the Scharnitz Pass, where the valley of the River Isar narrows near the village of Scharnitz, on the Bavarian border near Mittenwald.
Mauerreste der Porta Claudia
Historic site
Photo: Chianti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mauerreste der Porta Claudia is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scharnitz and Gießenbach.
Scharnitz
Village
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 16.4 kilometres north of Innsbruck and 9 kilometres from Seefeld in Tirol on the German border.
Gießenbach
Hamlet
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.
Gießenbach is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Scharnitz Pass.
Scharnitz Pass
- Categories: narrows and landform
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Scharnitz Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Scharnitzpass”
- Dutch: “Scharnitz Pass”
- Dutch: “Scharnitzpas”
- German: “Scharnitzer Klause”
- German: “Scharnitzpass”
- Italian: “Scharnitzpass”
- Swedish: “Scharnitzpass (bergspass i Österrike, lat 47,40, long 11,27)”
- Swedish: “Scharnitzpass”
- “Scharnitzer Klause”
- “Scharnitzpass”
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Localities in the Area
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