Wolfsdorfer Tor
| Wolfsdorfer Tor | |||
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 View from Skrzyczne |
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| Compass direction | North | south | |
| Pass height | 415 m npm | ||
| Silesian promontory , Powiat Bielski , Silesia , Poland | Silesian Beskids , Powiat Żywiecki , Silesia , Poland | ||
| Valley locations | Bielsko-Biała | Żywiec | |
| Mountains | Silesian Beskids , Little Beskids , West Beskids , Beskids , Carpathians | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 46 '30 " N , 19 ° 5' 17" E | ||
View from Skrzyczne
The Wolfsdorfer Tor (Polish: Brama Wilkowicka ) is a mountain pass in the south of the Polish Silesian Voivodeship between the Silesian Beskids in the west and the Little Beskids in the east. The pass connects the Vistula valley ( Silesian foothills ) in the north with the Soła valley ( Saybuscher basin ) in the south. The pass is 415 m above sea level and five km wide. It is named after the nearby town of Wilkowice . The Saybuscher basin was settled over the pass, later an important trade route from Poland to Hungary led over it.
tourism
- A railway line has been running over the pass since 1878.
- The expressway S1 runs over the pass .
literature
- Mirosław J. Barański: Beskid Śląski. Pasmo Stożka i Czantorii. Przewodnik turystyczny . Wyd. Wydawnictwo PTTK “Kraj”, Warszawa 1996, ISBN 83-7005-370-X
- Mirosław J. Barański: Beskid Śląski: Przewodnik. 2007. ISBN 978-83-89188-71-7 , Pruszków, Oficyna Wydawnicza “Rewasz”