Oituz pass
| Oituz pass | |||
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 Place name sign of Oituz |
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| Compass direction | southwest | Northeast | |
| Pass height | 866 m | ||
| circle | Covasna | Bacau | |
| Watershed | Brețcu | Oituz | |
| Valley locations | Brețcu | Poiana Sărată | |
| Mountains | Eastern Carpathians | ||
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 3 '58 " N , 26 ° 22' 47" E | ||
The Oituz Pass ( Romanian Pasul Oituz ) is a 866 m high pass in the Covasna district . The pass overcomes the Eastern Carpathians and leads into the Transylvanian Basin .
Because of its strategic importance, it was fiercely defended by German and Austrian units against the Romanian units during World War I.
A memorial to the battles of the First World War has been erected in the village of Oituz .
The national road DN11 , which is part of the European route 574 here, runs over the pass .
Web links
Commons : Oituz - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Heltmann: The Transylvanian mountain range at sevenbuerger.de
- ↑ Victor Niţu: Second battle of Oituz (August 1917). worldwar2.ro, accessed on January 22, 2019 (English).
- ↑ picture of the memorial near Oituz
