Pfaffensattel

Pfaffensattel
	Pfaffensattel with street sign (2007)
Pass height	1372 m above sea level A.
state	Styria
expansion	State road 117
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	Map (Styria)
Coordinates	47 ° 34 '12 " N , 15 ° 48' 50" E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '12 " N , 15 ° 48' 50" E

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The Pfaffensattel is a 1372 m above sea level. A. high alpine pass between the places Rettenegg and Steinhaus am Semmering in Styria .

The saddle is the starting point for possible hikes to the Stuhleck (1,782 m), the Kleine Pfaff (1,539 m) or the Großer Pfaff (1,555 m). The Stuhleck can also be reached from the saddle via an unpaved toll road, which, however, is only passable in the summer months. The Roseggerhaus can be reached in just under three hours.

At the beginning of the 18th century there was a defense system “at the Pfaffen”. It was one of the fortifications ( Kuruzzenschanzen ) that were built in 1704 in eastern Lower Austria and Styria against the Kuruzzen uprising . At that time there was a danger that the Kuruzzen would invade the Mürz Valley and endanger Upper Styria. This did not happen, but the pass crossings into the Mürz Valley were kept ready for defense for a long time. The facility consisted of an earth wall with a trench in front of it, a jump . There are no visible remains. It remains to be seen whether uneven ground near the pass road can be traced back to it or whether it has other causes.

around 1780: The "Pfaffen" in Lower Austria on the border with Styria ( 1st regional photo )

Pfaffensattel and Stuhleck (left) around the year 1876 (record sheet of the 3rd regional survey )

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Pfaffensattel and the surrounding area on ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map, scale 1: 50,000.
^ Fritz Posch: Flaming Frontier. Styria in the Kuruzzenstürme. 1st edition. Verlag Styria Graz 1968. p. 26. 2nd edition as: Publications of the Steiermärkischen Landesarchives . Volume 5. Styria, Graz-Vienna-Cologne 1986. ISBN 3-222-11691-1 ZDB -ID 561078-3 .

[1] Pfaffensattel and the surrounding area on ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map, scale 1: 50,000.

[2] Fritz Posch: Flaming Frontier. Styria in the Kuruzzenstürme. 1st edition. Verlag Styria Graz 1968. p. 26. 2nd edition as: Publications of the Steiermärkischen Landesarchives . Volume 5. Styria, Graz-Vienna-Cologne 1986. ISBN 3-222-11691-1 ZDB -ID 561078-3 .