Staffelegg

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Staffelegg
Staffelegg

Staffelegg

Compass direction North south
Pass height 621  m above sea level M.
Canton Aargau
Valley locations Frick AG Aarau
expansion Street
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Ø pitch 3.1% (260 m / 8.3 km) 5% (250 m / 5.0 km)
Map (Aargau)
Staffelegg (Canton of Aargau)
Staffelegg
Coordinates 646 915  /  253 855 coordinates: 47 ° 26 '2 "  N , 8 ° 3' 38"  O ; CH1903:  646,915  /  253855
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The Staffelegg is a pass in the Swiss canton of Aargau and connects Aarau with the Fricktal. It is located between the towns of Küttigen , Thalheim AG and Asp . The pass is at 621  m above sea level. M. Between Küttigen and Densbüren and Staffeleggtal which runs the main road 24 next to the Staffeleggbach . There is a restaurant at the top of the pass. The Staffelegg was mentioned for the first time in 1450 and expanded in 1791 by Bern and Upper Austria .

From 1936 to 1939 Fritz Wartenweiler conducted courses for young men on the Staffelegg in the "Volksbildungsheim Herzberg".

Staffelegg feeder

The Staffelegg feeder is directed above Küttigen through a roundabout in the direction of Aarau. In the Horental it leads through the Horentunnel and crosses the Aare and the Suhre before Aarau . The feeder is the bypass road from Küttigen . The feeder should relieve Küttigen and connect the communities of Densbüren, Thalheim and Herznach more quickly with Aarau and the motorway.

Staffeleggstrasse

The Staffeleggstrasse is provided with a cycle path coming from Küttigen up to the top of the pass. From Densbüren the road leads in a few curves to the top of the pass. At the top of the pass there is a dangerous intersection where there have been many accidents. From Thalheim, the road leads over a wide S-curve and along a rock face to the parking lots on the Thalheimer Höhe, then with a 90 ° curve up to the Staffelegg pass.

traffic

The Aarau-Frick-Laufenburg post bus line leads over the top of the pass, including a stop, there is no connection via Schenkenbergertal.

A forest road leads directly from Staffelegg to Benkerjoch .

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View from Staffelegg towards Bänkerjoch and Wasserfluh