Kreiter saddle

Kreiter saddle
	Pass to the west with a sign
Pass height	382 m slm
expansion	Pass road
Lock	No
Mountains	Mitterberg ( Nonsberg Group )
	profile
	Map (South Tyrol)
Coordinates	46 ° 23 '4 " N , 11 ° 16' 56" E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '4 " N , 11 ° 16' 56" E

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The Kreiter Sattel (also Kreither Sattel , in the vernacular also Kojotenpass ; Italian Varco Kreit , Passo del Much or Novale al Varco ) is a 382 m high mountain saddle in South Tyrol , which the southern Mitterberg between Pfatten , on whose municipality the transition is located, and Caldaro overcomes.

The transition connects, starting from the Stadlhof site with the Laimburg test center , the Unterland with the Überetsch at the level of Lake Kaltern near Klughammer. The maximum gradient on the partially well-developed and little-traveled road is 19 percent; it is open all year round.

The area around the Kreiter Saddle is historically significant. On the north-facing Hohenbühl ( 690 m ) there are remains of a hill fort ; Excavations at the eastern foot of the crossing uncovered the Stadlhof cemetery from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age . The medieval historical testimonies shape the landscape : The Leuchtenburg is located on the hill ( 576 m ) to the south above the Kreiter saddle , and the Laimburg to the east just below the top of the pass .

His name carries the saddle from the west, immediately below the transition situated medieval Weinhof Kreit. The Italian name was first created with Ettore Tolomei's Prontuario dei nomi locali dell'Alto Adige in the early 20th century and introduced by Italian fascism in the course of its Italianization efforts.

The eponymous Kreithof to the west below the top of the pass

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