Birnlücke
Sign in to saveThe Birnlücke () is the border pass at the western end of the Hohe Tauern mountains in Austria, between the Venediger Group and the adjoining Zillertal Alps. The border between Austria and Italy has run over the pass since 1919. The pass forms the border between the Austrian state of Salzburg and the Italian province of South Tyrol, the valleys of the Krimmler Achental and Ahrntal, and the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park and Hohe Tauern National Park.
Key facts
- Mountain pass.name
- Birnlücke
- Mountain pass.photo
- Birnlücke mit Krimmler Kees.jpg
- Mountain pass.photo_caption
- The Birnlücke from Italy looking towards Krimmler Kees in Tyrol
- Mountain pass.range
- Venediger Group, Zillertal Alps
- Mountain pass.traversed
- Saumpfad
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The Birnlücke () is the border pass at the western end of the Hohe Tauern mountains in Austria, between the Venediger Group and the adjoining Zillertal Alps. The border between Austria and Italy has run over the pass since 1919. The pass forms the border between the Austrian state of Salzburg and the Italian province of South Tyrol, the valleys of the Krimmler Achental and Ahrntal, and the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park and Hohe Tauern National Park.
Until the Schengen Agreement there used to be a regular border checkpoint at Krimmler Tauern ().
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birnlücke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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