Location Austria Range Alps | Elevation 1,093 m | |
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Traversed by Austrian Federal Highway B 199 Similar Oberjoch Pass, Alps, Haldensee, Tannheimer Tal, Hochtannberg Pass | ||
Gaicht Pass (el. 1093 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in Tyrol in Austria.
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Map of Gaicht Pass, 6671, Austria
It connects the valley of the Lech near Weißenbach an der Lech with the Tannheim valley near Nesselwängle. It is crossed by federal highway B 199, which runs along the Haldensee and over the Oberjoch Pass in Germany.
History
This pass was important in the Middle Ages as a commercial route.
The bridge built in 1912 was destroyed by the retreating German army in 1945. It was replaced in 1979.
References
Gaicht Pass Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA