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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: narrow section of the upper Isar valley at the border of Tyrol / Bavaria
- Also known as: “Scharnitzpass”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zählerhaus and Mauerreste der Porta Claudia.
Mauerreste der Porta Claudia
Historic site
Photo: Chianti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mauerreste der Porta Claudia is a historic site.
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.
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.
Boden-Niederlög
Hamlet
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.
Boden-Niederlög is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southwest of Scharnitz Pass.
Scharnitz Pass
- Category: narrows
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.39783° or 47° 23′ 52″ northLongitude
11.26744° or 11° 16′ 3″ eastElevation
955 metres (3,133 feet)Open location code
8FVH97X8+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 11560104718OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata 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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paintball Tirol and Porta Claudia.
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