Starzeljoch

Starzeljoch
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1868  m above sea level A.
state	Vorarlberg , Austria
Watershed	Bregenz Ach → Lake Constance → Rhine	Turabach → Breitach → Iller → Danube
Valley locations	Schoppernau	Mittelberg
expansion	Mule track
Mountains	Bregenz Forest
Map (Vorarlberg)
Coordinates	47 ° 19 '9 "  N , 10 ° 4' 58"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '9 "  N , 10 ° 4' 58"  E

The 1868  m high Starzeljoch connects the valley of the Bregenz Ach with the Kleinwalsertal . It forms the saddle between the Grünhorn ( 2039  m ) in the north and the Hochstarzel ( 1974  m ) in the south. You can cross the pass on a well-traveled hiking trail .

View over the Starzeljoch to the south to the Hochstarzel

history

In the middle of the 19th century, a well-developed and well-traveled mule track led over the pass . In the absence of further expansion it later fell into disrepair. Today's hiking trail largely uses this old mule track.

In order to connect the Kleine Walsertal, which belongs to Austria , with the Starzeljoch by a road, projects have repeatedly been raised to cross under the Starzeljoch with a vertex tunnel. This project is part of the larger project of a "transversal Vorarlberg" which is the Small Walsertal about once Faschinajoch with the Montafon and one day with the Grisons Prättigau should connect.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes. The passes on both sides of the Brenner route . tape 1 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-256-0 , p. 28 .