Pass Strub
| Pass Strub ( valley pass ) |
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 Monument Pass Strub |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| height | 675 m above sea level A. | ||
| state | Tyrol | Salzburg | |
| Waters | Loferbach (Haselbach) | ||
| Valley locations | Waidring | Lofer | |
| expansion | Loferer Strasse (B178) | ||
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 '44 " N , 12 ° 39' 57" E | ||
The Strub pass is a valley pass , 675 m above sea level. A. on the border of the Austrian federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol .
An important connecting road, Loferer Straße (B 178) , which connects Lofer and Waidring , leads over the pass . The road climbs more than 100 m in the Strubtal to Waidring or follows the Loferbach (Haselbach) towards Lofer.
history
The historically documented Way of St. James over this pass was revived in 2005 by the signposting of the Way of St. James in Salzburg .
In the stockurbar of the prince-archbishop's estates from 1606 an old, sunken castle called Thurn in der Strub is mentioned. After the border regulation with Tyrol in 1606, the plant regained importance. In 1621 Archbishop Paris Lodron had the pass re-fortified as a precaution against the Thirty Years' War . Two large arched drive-through gates were erected, with a rectangular room in between. The salt and wine clerk were housed in the gate building. In the front part towards Lofer was the guardroom and the Türnitz . In 1673, repair work became necessary, the complex was re-plastered and given a shingle roof . Palisades closed the valley, whereby in peacetime the smuggling of alcohol, salt, tobacco and cattle should be stopped. In 1934 casemates were found during the road works on the Tyrolean side .
The fortified pass was fiercely contested several times. In 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars , Salzburg and Tyrolean riflemen were able to achieve a victory here over numerically far superior Bavarian and French troops under the command of the Bavarian General Deroy . In November 1805, however, the pass was cleared by the regular Austrian military in front of the advancing troops of Marshal Ney .
Also in 1809, during the Tyrolean uprising under Andreas Hofer , the Bavarian troops had to pay for the capture of the pass, which was defended by two rifle companies under Rupert Wintersteller , with extremely heavy losses. But on May 11, 1809, the Bavarian Wrede division was able to conquer the position in the fifth attempt. Ultimately, the pass, which was only defended by Tyrolean riflemen, had to be surrendered to Marshal Lefebvre . The fortifications were then torn down. A planned new building after the annexation of Salzburg to Austria was not carried out in 1816. The guard house, remains of the barriers and a memorial to the battles against the Bavarians and the French are still preserved today.
The original St. George's Chapel was blown up by the Bavarians in 1809, but rebuilt in the old location in 1830.
gallery
Fortress, detail
Information board
Inscription in the chapel
Art installation
literature
- Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel : Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Pongau, Pinzgau, Lungau. Birch series, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-85030-037-4 .
Web links
- Entry via Pass Strub to Burgen-Austria