Elevation 2,665 m | ||
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Similar Alps, Dreiherrnspitze, Glockenkarkopf, Rauhkofel, Rötspitze | ||
Wanderung zur birnl cke hotel schwarzenstein
The Birnlücke (2,665 m (AA)) 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 region of South Tyrol, the valleys of the Krimmler Achental and Ahrntal, and the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park and Hohe Tauern National Park.
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- Wanderung zur birnl cke hotel schwarzenstein
- Map of BirnlC3BCcke 39030 Prettau Province of Bolzano South Tyrol Italy
- Alex radlherr s abfahrt von der birnl cke mit 25kg rucksack
- Name
- References
Map of Birnl%C3%BCcke, 39030 Prettau, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy
Until the Schengen Agreement there used to be a regular border checkpoint at Krimmler Tauern (2,634 m).
Not far south of the border crossing at 2,441 m s.l.m. is the Birnlücken Hut (Rifugio Tridentina) of the Italian Alpine Club's Bruneck branch. It was built in 1900 and named after the pass.
Alex radlherr s abfahrt von der birnl cke mit 25kg rucksack
Name
The name Birnlücke is a corruption of the old spelling. As late as 1888 the pass was called Pyrlücke, after the old names for the stream, the Pirra or Birlbach, in the Ahrn valley. The Italian name is Forcella del Picco.