Druze Gate
| Druze Gate | |||
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 The Drusator seen from the Austrian side. |
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| Pass height | 2341 m above sea level A. | ||
| State / Canton | Vorarlberg , Austria / Graubünden , Switzerland | ||
| Valley locations | Tschagguns | St. Antönien / Schiers | |
| expansion | Hiking trail | ||
| Map (Graubünden) | |||
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| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 47 ° 1 '5 " N , 9 ° 49' 31" O ( 781438 / 210205 ) | ||
The Drusentor (also: Drusator ) is a mountain pass (pass height 2341 m above sea level ) in the Alps ( Eastern Alps , Northern Limestone Alps ). It is located between the Austrian (state of Vorarlberg ) and the Prättigau in the canton of Graubünden ( Switzerland ). The Drusentor is part of the Drusenfluh mountain range .
Surname
As druse or drusen are popularly referred to in the region as Alpine alder (also: thrush , Laublatsche , Bergerle or birch alder ) from the alder genus . At this altitude, it is often a plant that creeps on the slope due to the pressure of snow. After ennoblement , Druze is said to have descended from fallen .
Location and special features
The Drusentor is located in the municipality of Tschagguns , the town of Tschagguns about 8 km as the crow flies. It is about 2850 meters as the crow flies to the municipal boundary to Vandans . After St. Antönien in Switzerland is around 6 km, according Schiers km 11.5 crow flies. In the immediate vicinity of the Drusentor (1100 meters as the crow flies ) to the northwest are the Drei Türme (up to 2830 m , also called the Dri Türm or three Drusentürme ), three peaks in the Drusenfluh group and about 2200 meters away the Drusenfluh ( 2827 m ).
To the northwest, 1600 meters as the crow flies, the closest pass to Switzerland is the Eisjöchle (about 2636 m , also: Isjöchli or Eisjöchl ) and then about 3 km away is the Schweizertor ( 2137 m , also: Schwitzertor ).
The Drusentor is about 1200 meters as the crow flies from Sulzfluh ( 2818 m ) to the southeast.
hike
The closest hiking base is the Lindauer Hütte , from which it takes about 2.5 hours to reach the Drusentor. The area is mostly inhospitable and requires good footwear, good surefootedness and a head for heights in some passages. Rapid cold spells can also occur in summer.
Crossing Drusentor ( 2341 m above sea level ) between the three towers (left) and the Sulzfluh
dilapidated customs guard hut on the Austrian side
View from the Swiss side (Prätigau)
View of the three towers from the Gauertal
