Furtle Pass
| Furtle Pass | |||
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 Pass summit, view to the south. On the right the cold field . |
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| Compass direction | North | south | |
| Pass height | 630 m above sea level NHN | ||
| state | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| Watershed | Haldenbach → Strümpfelbach → Waldstetter Bach → Rems → Neckar | Louder → Fils → Neckar | |
| Valley locations | Hamlet in the mountains | Degenfeld | |
| expansion | State road 1160 | ||
| Mountains | Swabian Alb | ||
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 44 '54 " N , 9 ° 52' 18" E | ||
The Furtlepass , also called Furtlespass or Furtlachpass , is a mountain pass in the foothills of the Swabian Alb ; its peak is at 630 m above sea level. NHN . The Furtle Pass runs in a north-south direction and crosses the watershed between the Rems in the north and the Fils in the south .
The mountain saddle used by the Furtle Pass connects the Albtrauf (Berg Bernhardus ) with the Hornberg in the north-west , which in turn is the northern branch of the Kalten Feld .
traffic
The Baden-Württembergische Landesstraße 1160, which creates a cross connection between the federal highways 29 and 466 , leads over the Furtle Pass . The entire pass road is part of the city limits of Schwäbisch Gmünd ; in the north, the hamlet of Weiler in the mountains is the last settlement before the top of the pass, in the south the district of Degenfeld .
A few meters south of the apex, the approach to the glider airfield branches off on the Hornberg. The Furtle Pass is a popular starting point for hikes. There are suitable opportunities to park there and at the top of the pass a bus stop is served by line 2 of the local public transport company Stadtbus Gmünd .
The Alb-Extrem cycle marathon runs over the pass once a year.
legend
The legend went from the Furtlepass that the so-called “Zumpenmann” was up to mischief there. He had shown himself in many forms: as an animal resembling a calf, as a wanderer with a lantern on his neck, as a wild rider or as a wagoner of a cart with fiery wheels.
Individual evidence
- ^ Schwäbisch Gmünd - Degenfeld district
- ^ Georg Stütz: Heimatbuch für Gmünd and further surroundings. III. Volume: Sagen der Heimat , Rems-Zeitung GmbH, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1927, p. 57. A parcel of land below the Furtlepass, from which the Degenfelder Lauter rises, bears the name Zumpen (Hanns Baum: Gmünder brooks, who don't want to know anything about the Rems. In: Gmünder Heimatblätter, 7th year, No. 7 / July 1934, pp. 127–128.)