Mangartstrasse
The toll road Mangartstraße ( Slovenian : Mangartska Cesta ) in the Julian Alps leads from the Predil Pass up to the Lahnscharte ( Slovenian : Mangartsko sedlo), but does not quite reach the saddle. The road leads to an altitude of 2055 m. i. J. , making it the highest road in Slovenia . The road was expanded as a military road between the two world wars.
The course of the 12 km long paved road leads over 17 hairpin bends and through 5 tunnels. The end of Mangartstraße is designed as a loop with a few parking spaces, from there you have a beautiful view of the Mangart summit to the east ( 2677 m. I. J. ). Before this loop, a short cul-de-sac branches off to the Mangart Hut ( Slovenian : Koča na Mangartskem sedlu) at 1906 m. i. J. from.
In October 2000, a large landslide destroyed a bridge and parts of the road above the first few kilometers of the road. The damage has now been repaired.
Denzel scale : 2–3
Web links
- Commented photo series of Mangartstrasse
- Mangart inspection with a more detailed description of the street
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- ↑ a b c d e sign at the beginning of the street (2007)
- ^ Ricarda Gerhardt: Slovenia. With Istria and Trieste. Travel manual. 2nd updated edition. Iwanowski's Reisebuchverlag, Dormagen 2005, ISBN 3-933041-17-1 .
- ↑ a b Harald Denzel (Ed.): Great Alpine Road Guide. The accessible high points of the Alps and the strangest mountain stretches between Vienna and Marseille for those car and two-wheeled drivers who are sporty and touristy. 22nd edition. Denzel-Verlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-85047-764-9 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 27 ' N , 13 ° 39' E