Jochgrimm
| Jochgrimm | |||
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 Jochgrimm between the Schwarzhorn and Weißhorn, seen from the west |
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| Compass direction | east | west | |
| Pass height | 1989 m slm | ||
| region | South-Tirol | ||
| Valley locations | Cavalese | Kaltenbrunn | |
| expansion | Pass road | ||
| Lock | West ramp closed for cars | ||
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| Denzel scale | SG 1-2 | ||
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 '50 " N , 11 ° 27' 5" E | ||
The Jochgrimm ( Italian Passo Oclini ) is a 1989 m slm high pass in the Italian province of South Tyrol .
Location and surroundings
The top of the pass is located in the area of the municipality of Aldein in South Tyrol. To the north is the Weißhorn ( 2317 m slm ), to the south the Schwarzhorn ( 2439 m slm ).
Jochgrimm can only be reached by public car traffic from the neighboring province of Trentino . From the Passo di Lavazè ( 1808 m slm ) to the east, the paved, almost two-lane pass road leads to the Jochgrimm / Oclini ski area at the top of the pass.
The European long-distance hiking trail E5 crosses the Jochgrimm.
history
The saddle is mentioned in a document as early as 1234 as " Joacrem ". The name also plays an important role in the corner song , a Middle High German heroic epic presumably composed in the Bolzano area . The giant corner mentioned there could have been nicknamed Grimme .
literature
- Alberto Broglio, Reimo Lunz: An epipalaeolithic settlement on Jochgrimm in the Dolomites: traces of prehistoric settlement in the area between Eggental and Fleimstal . In: The Sciliar . tape 52 , 1978, p. 489-498 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald Denzel: Great Alpine Road Guide . 22nd edition. Denzel-Verlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-85047-764-9
- ^ Egon Kühebacher : The place names of South Tyrol and their history. Volume 1. Bozen 1991, ISBN 88-7014-634-0 , pp. 172-173