Zaberner Steige
| Zaberner Steige | |||
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 Zaberner Steige |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 413 m | ||
| FR-67 | Moselle | Bas-Rhin | |
| Valley locations | Phalsbourg | Saverne | |
| expansion | D 1004 | ||
| Built | 1728-1737 | ||
| Mountains | Vosges | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 '19 " N , 7 ° 19' 50" E | ||
The road crossing between Saverne ( Zabern ) and Phalsbourg ( Pfalzburg ) over the Vosges is known as the Zaberner Steige ( French Col de Saverne ) . Here is the narrowest part of the Vosges, only four kilometers wide, where the mountains have been crossed since ancient times. The Vosges crossing at the highest point of the climb is 413 m above sea level.
history
The Zaberner Steige was expanded between 1728 and 1737 by the engineer Antoine de Regemorte at the suggestion of Cardinal Rohan . It was considered a technical masterpiece of its time. In 1770 Goethe noted in his diary ( Poetry and Truth , Book 10):
“Illuminated by the rising sun, the famous Zaberner Steige rose in front of us, a work of inconceivable work. A road, wide enough for three cars side by side, leads uphill, so quietly that you hardly notice it, in a queue, built up over the most terrible rocks. The hardness and smoothness of the path, the flattened elevations on both sides for the pedestrians, the stone channels for draining the mountain water, everything is so neatly prepared as artificial and permanent that it gives a sufficient view. "
traffic
Because of the special traffic advantages, numerous traffic routes cross the Vosges in the immediate vicinity of the Zaberner Steige, among them
- the Canal de la Marne au Rhin ,
- the Strasbourg - Saverne - Sarrebourg line
- the main line for Europe (extended LGV Est )
- the motorway A4 ( Autoroute de l'Est ).
nature
As a result of the high traffic density, the Zaberner Steige is now an almost insurmountable obstacle for wild hiking in the region and throughout Europe. Although a narrow green bridge was built over the A 4 several decades ago , this bridge is closed for almost as long. to prevent the spread of swine fever . Despite this risk of animal disease, several green bridges were under construction in mid-2006.
geography
In terms of natural space , the Zaberner Steige forms the border between the Vosges in the south and the Palatinate Forest in the north, the French part of which is also called the Northern Vosges .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulf Hohmann: Barrier effect of roads for red deer (Cervus elaphus) illustrated using the example of the Palatinate Forest / Northern Vosges (PDF; 1.5 MB). Kaiserslautern 2003
Web links
- Route du col de Saverne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)