Bundesstrasse 21

This article describes the Bundesstraße 21 in Germany. For the street of the same name in Austria see Gutensteiner Straße .

Bundesstrasse 21 in Germany
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Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Bad Reichenhall ( 47 ° 46 ′  N , 12 ° 57 ′  E )
End of street:	Schneizlreuth ( 47 ° 40 ′  N , 12 ° 45 ′  E )
Overall length:	22 km
State :	Bavaria
Development condition:	two-lane
Bundesstrasse 21 at the Kleiner Walserberg border crossing
Course of the road Continue  towards Salzburg  Free State of Bavaria District of Berchtesgadener Land Border crossing at Kleiner Walserberg Bad Reichenhall-OT Schwarzbach bypass Bad Reichenhall-OT Türk southwest of Bad Reichenhall-OT Weißbach ("Gablerkussy") together with the direction of Berchtesgaden north of Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall-North via the Freilassing – Berchtesgaden railway line Bad Reichenhall bypass together with the direction of Freilassing Bad Reichenhall-Süd St 2101 Schneizlreuth-OT Baumgarten Schwarzbach at Schneizlreuth-OT Unterjettenberg together with the direction of Inzell Saalach together with the direction of Berchtesgaden Schneizlreuth Weissbach Bypass Schneizlreuth-OT Ristfeucht / Melleck Wendelberg Tunnel (483 m) Border crossing at Schneizlreuth / Unken Continue on  178  towards Lofer  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal highway 21 (abbreviation: B 21 ) is a 22 km long German federal road in the district of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria .

geography

As part of the Europastraße 641 , the B 21 leads from the Austrian border on Walserberg (southwest of Salzburg ) in a northeast-southwest direction almost exclusively along the Saalach via Bad Reichenhall , Schneizlreuth and through the Wendelberg tunnel back to the Austrian border south of Melleck (district of Schneizlreuth am Steinpass ).

With this course it is the connection of the two Austrian federal highways Wiener Straße ( B 1 ) and Loferer Straße ( B 178 ) and is called the small German corner . Since 1957, Austrian vehicles have been able to use this federal highway as a transit route without any major formalities.

Overview of the process

• Austrian Wiener Strasse
  • Border Austria ( Salzburg ) - Germany ( Bavaria )
  • Bad Reichenhall - Gabelknot ( B 20 )
  • Bad Reichenhall - (B 20 - in Bad Reichenhall the B 20 and the B 21 run on the same route )
  • Schneizlreuth - Unterjettenberg ( B 305 )
  • Schneizlreuth (B 305)
  • Wendelberg Tunnel
  • Border Germany (Bavaria) - Austria (Salzburg)
• Austrian Loferer Strasse

history

The forerunner of today's B 21 was the Reichsstraße  20. This was, together with others and initially still referred to as a trunk road, set up on January 17, 1932 with the route of today's B 21. It was one of the first imperial roads. The number 21 was also assigned, but for the road from Teisendorf to the R 20 near Mauthausen , today part of the 2103 state road .

The R 21 was relocated as part of a significant expansion and partial change in the Reichsstraße network until 1936, during which the R 20 was also significantly extended northwards via Marktl and Straubing to the Czech border. The previous route was rededicated, instead the now higher-tiered road from Bad Reichenhall to Berchtesgaden became the new R 21.

In the course of the expansion of the Reichsstrasse system to Austria, which was annexed to the German Reich in 1938, the R 31 coming from Breisach am Rhein and ending at the German-Austrian border between Lindau and Bregenz via Feldkirch , Innsbruck , St. Johann in Tyrol , Bad Reichenhall and Salzburg extended to Linz . Since this now also covered the route of the R 20 between Bad Reichenhall and the state border to the west, the R 20 was instead continued from Bad Reichenhall to Berchtesgaden. The number 21 that has now become available has been reassigned to the road running on Austrian territory from Lofer via Großglockner Strasse and Lienz in East Tyrol to the Italian border in the direction of Bruneck .

After the Second World War , the B 31, now known as the federal highway, was shortened to its original part in Baden-Württemberg. The no. 21, which is now free again, was assigned to today's B 21 at the same time.

See also

• List of European roads
• List of federal highways in Germany

Web links

Commons : Bundesstrasse 21  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carsten Wasow: Bundesstraßen No. 11 to 110. (No longer available online.) In: The federal and former Reichsstraßen in Germany. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011 ; Retrieved December 11, 2011 (private website). 
2. ↑ Reichsstrasse map . In: General Inspector for German Roads (Ed.): Die Strasse . Issue 12/1936. Volk und Reich Verlag, Berlin 1936 ( online at autobahn-online.de [accessed on December 11, 2011] street map).
3. ^ Definition of the Reichsstrasse network in the Reichsgau Oberdonau . In: Ordinance and Official Gazette for the Reichsgau Oberdonau . Born 1940, episode 27. Linz August 8, 1940, p. 181 f . ( Online at ALEX [accessed December 11, 2011] Official Notice).
4. ^ Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme (Ed.): Overview map of the Greater German Reich . Berlin 1943 ( online at mapywig.org [JPG; 58.0 MB ; accessed on December 11, 2011] road map).