Saddle (pass)

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saddle
Village saddle

Village saddle

Compass direction North south
Pass height 932  m above sea level M.
Schwyz Canton
Valley locations Pfaffikon Schwyz
expansion Alpine road, railway
Built 1860
profile
Ø pitch 2.5% (516 m / 20.5 km) 4.4% (416 m / 9.4 km)
Map (Schwyz)
Sattel (Pass) (Canton Schwyz)
Saddle (pass)
Coordinates 693.46 thousand  /  216560 coordinates: 47 ° 5 '36 "  N , 8 ° 40' 11"  O ; CH1903:  693,460  /  216560
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The saddle is a road pass in the canton of Schwyz . It is located on Hauptstrasse 8 , Pfäffikon - Schwyz section , between the villages of Sattel and Rothenthurm . The pass is at 932  m above sea level. M.

The saddle was probably used to access the Gotthard Pass as early as the 13th century . With the expansion of the road in 1860 and the commissioning of the Südostbahn (SOB) railway from Goldau to Rapperswil in 1891 , the saddle is one of the most important west-east connections from central Switzerland to eastern Switzerland. The pass has a maximum gradient of 7%.