Deutsches Eck (traffic)
Deutsches Eck describes the shorter and more convenient road and rail connections between the greater Salzburg area (and consequently the eastern part of Austria) and western Austria via the German national territory . A railway and a motorway connection lead into the Tyrolean lowlands , known as the Great German Corner , and a federal road into the Salzburg Pinzgau , the Small German Corner .
On the other hand, only much longer rail or federal road connections lead across exclusively Austrian territory. There is no continuous inner-Austrian motorway connection between the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol .
geography
"Kleines Deutsches Eck" (lu), Rosenheim curve (lo)
The Small German Corner connects the Salzburger Flachgau with the Pinzgau. The route leads from east to west from the federal road border crossing Walserberg (also called Kleiner Walserberg) west of Salzburg over the B 21 in Bavaria past Bad Reichenhall and along the Saalachtal through Schneizlreuth to the state border at the Steinpass near Unken . In general, the further course on the B 178 in Austria to Lofer is also included in the route of the small German corner. The motorway border crossing at Walserberg (a few hundred meters from the main road and also known as the Großer Walserberg) can be seen as an alternative starting point. From there, the route leads on the A 8 to the first junction in Piding and on over the B 20 to the Bavarian city of Bad Reichenhall, where it meets the B 21.
The Great German Corner takes the railroad over the InterCity routes Salzburg − Rosenheim and Rosenheim − Kufstein to Tyrol. Car traffic leads from Walserberg via the A 8 federal motorways in Bavaria and (from Rosenheim) A 93 to the border crossing between Kiefersfelden and Kufstein in Tyrol. The Inntal Autobahn (A 12) is used from the border .
In terms of travel time and distance, these two connections are much shorter than the federal road connection via Pass Lueg , Pongau and Zell am See , which runs exclusively on Austrian territory. For example, the distance Salzburg - Lofer when driving on the Kleiner German Corner is around 43 km (of which around 23 km in Germany), while the purely inner-Austrian route is around 108 km.
In the Deutsches Eck, the conurbation of Salzburg, the Berchtesgadener Land and the district of Traunstein have formed the EuRegio Salzburg - Berchtesgadener Land - Traunstein with around 700,000 inhabitants since 1993 .
Border clearance
In 1957, a transport agreement was concluded between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria, which was supposed to facilitate border traffic, which was still cumbersome at the time. This eliminated the previous detour via the Pongau and the much shorter road connection through the Berchtesgadener Land could be used from Austria.
The agreement also included special regulations for border clearance. In the case of road transit , accelerated border clearing was decided. The transit route had to be passed in a certain time; Any goods carried were sealed to prevent smuggling . A bus line ran between Salzburg and Lofer without border clearance and without stopping on German territory. The buses were escorted between the two border crossings by a German border police officer.
Railway trains were run as corridor trains that did not stop on the transit route. Getting on or off in Germany was not allowed. Since Austria's accession to the Schengen Agreement on January 1, 1997 and the associated free border traffic, this measure has primarily been used to save time, trains from Austria continue to travel through German territory without stopping, so boarding or alighting is still not possible.
Traffic specifics
The Austrian Federal Railways , which use the Deutsche Bahn AG track network , have to pay usage fees. Therefore, the ÖBB allows some of the time-insensitive traffic, especially freight and passenger night trains, to run over the longer route in Austria ( Salzburg-Tyrolean Railway ). For the corridor trains, the so-called Rosenheim loop was built in 1982 , which makes driving into the station and turning your head there superfluous.
A special regulation was created in the German road traffic regulations for federal highways. Since studded tires for cars are banned in Germany, but permitted in Austria, an exception applies to the small German corner to facilitate transit traffic.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Calculation using Google route planner, October 15, 2009.
