Scharnitz Pass

The Scharnitz Pass is a narrow section of the upper valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about 955 m on the Austro-German border between the states of and .
Wikipedia
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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.

Ruins
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The is a former fortification at the Scharnitz Pass, where the valley of the River Isar narrows near the village of , on the Bavarian border near .

Historic site
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is a historic site.

Railway station
Photo: Priwo, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scharnitz and Gießenbach.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the state of located 16.4 kilometres north of and 9 kilometres from on the German border.

Hamlet
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Scharnitz Pass.

Scharnitz Pass

Latitude
47.4° or 47° 24′ north
Longitude
11.26667° or 11° 16′ east
Elevation
957 metres (3,140 feet)
Open location code
8FVHC728+2M
Geo­Names ID
2840284
Wiki­data ID
Q2231432
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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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