Hangendenstein border crossing
The Hangendenstein border crossing is a German-Austrian border crossing on the Hangendenstein pass . This valley pass lies between the foothills of the Kienbergkopf as part of the Untersbergstock and the Göllmassiv , through which the Berchtesgadener Ache or on the Austrian side the Königsseeache flows.
Road connections to the border crossing are federal highway 305 on the German side , which last crosses the municipality of Marktschellenberg or the Schellenberger Forst , and then after crossing the border on the Austrian side as Berchtesgadener Straße (B 106) through the district of Hangendenstein of the municipality of Grödig and to a total of 3 kilometers to the junction Salzburg Süd of the Tauern Autobahn (A 10).
history
Pass tower / customs offices
Not far from the Hangendenstein Pass, the Schellenberg Tower was built as early as 1193/94 (around the same time as the fortifications in Hallthurm ) as a pass tower to secure the heartland of the Berchtesgaden monastery, but was only mentioned in a document after a new building in 1252 in 1258. The reason for its establishment were u. a. the attacks of the noble von Guethrat as ministerials of the Salzburg archbishops and their interest in the salt deliveries from Schellenberg. In 1677, when the monastery monastery was elevated to the status of the prince provost of Berchtesgaden and had ruled the Berchtesgadener Land independently for over 100 years , the fortifications were expanded and a gate building used as a toll house was added. After secularization (1803) and briefly several changes of rule, the Berchtesgadener Land was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810 . Probably from 1816 to 1823 a royal Bavarian border garrison was stationed in the tower. After that, the tower was abandoned and the border garrison moved to a new customs office not far from it . The old toll house disrupted the increasing wagon traffic and was demolished in 1841 and three years later the previously difficult to access pass was removed and the road was lowered. During the time of National Socialism , German customs moved into a new building in 1937, which was used until 1953 and is still standing today (see illustration). After the Second World War , the newly established Schellenberg island customs office was opened in 1953 .
Former border board at the Hangendenstein pass . Crucifixion group, Berchtesgaden monastery coat of arms (left), coat of arms of Provost Gregor Rainer (right). Inscription: "Pax intrantibus et inhabitantibus 1517" (Peace to those who enter and to the residents 1517)
Johann Faistenauer (1577 / 78–1643): Das Landt und Fürstliche Stifft Berchtolsgaden (1626)
Map excerpt: Red line = border between the prince-provost of Berchtesgaden and the prince-archbishopric of Salzburg , left. u. the " Hanget Stain ", center right of the " thurn "
Hermann Reindel (1807–1888): Hanging stone , right. behind the kk toll station (watercolor before 1851)
Schellenberger Tower with a former customs house (1937–1953) on the B 305 towards Salzburg. Right Berchtesgaden Ache
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On June 1, 1816, the “kk Mauthstation Hangendenstein” began its service on the Austrian side. Its former Austrian customs house is still 120 meters northeast of the border crossing at Wehrstraße 2. After the Second World War , a new customs building was built for the Hangendenstein customs office, the front of which is on Berchtesgadener Straße . The weir road forms a remnant of the original road course before the removal of the railway tunnel, which was driven through the ledge of the hanging stone .
Formerly Imperial Austrian customs house with the rest of the old road (Wehrstraße 2), Salzburg
Rock remnants Hanging stone s. Center of the picture in front of the former Austrian customs house; to the right behind the leaves is the weir of the Alm Canal ; View towards Salzburg
Former Austrian customs office or border post on the Hangendenstein pass in the Hangendenstein district of Grödig on the Berchtesgadener Straße (B 106) in the direction of Berchtesgadener Land
Railway connection
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Between 1907 and 1938 there was also a train station at the Hangendenstein border crossing for local railways, first operated by steam, and electrically operated from 1908 on the Berchtesgaden – Hangender Stein and Salzburg – Hangender Stein lines , for which a tunnel had been created through the rocky promontory of the Hangenden Stein . This tunnel was demolished in 1939 for a planned double-track expansion, but this was abandoned during the Second World War. Instead, the area that was freed up was used for the construction of today's road route. From the hanging wall of stone a rest remained since then only next to the indicative Europe sign on the Republic of Austria .
Schengen agreement
With the Schengen Agreement , border controls at this border crossing were suspended from December 1, 1997.
Even during the first lockdown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , this border crossing remained open for commuter and delivery traffic, unlike other smaller border crossings.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on Schellenberg in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d History of the Schellenberger Tower ( Memento from March 7, 2019 in the Internet Archive ), online at marktschellenberg.de
- ^ Stephan Kastner: The railway, Berchtesgaden and the developments at the train station , online at berchtesgadeninfo.de
- ↑ Berchtesgadener Land (UK) - There are currently ghostly images at the smaller border crossings to Austria , report in the Berchtesgadener Anzeiger on March 19, 2020, online at berchtesgadener-anzeiger.de
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 50.2 " N , 13 ° 2 ′ 34.4" E