- Ammersattel
Infobox Mountain Pass
Name =Ammersattel
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Elevation = 1082 m.
Location = AUT / GER
Range =Alps
Coordinates = coord|47|32|16|N|10|53|23|E|type:pass
Topographic
Traversed by = German Federal Highway B 23/Austrian Federal Highway B 179Ammersattel (el. 1082 m.) is a high mountain pass in the
Alps on the border betweenTyrol ,Austria andBavaria ,Germany .The pass is located in the
Ammergau region of southern Bavaria. It leads fromEttal nearOberammergau (in the "Landkreis"Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) toReutte in northwest Tyrol. The Ammersattel is the pass between theAmmergauer Hochplatte (2082 m.) on the northwest, theScheinbergspitz (1926 m.) on the north, theKreuzspitz (2185 m.) in the southeast, and theGeierköpfe (2161 m.) in the southwest. The first three of these peaks are in Germany, and the Geierköpfe in Austria.The pass road has a maximum grade of 12 percent. It is mostly fairly straight, although somewhat more winding near the pass. It leaves the German "Bundesstraße" 23 at Ettal and joins the Austrian "Fernpass Straße" (B 179) at Reutte. From the northeast, it leads through the Graswang Valley along the Linder River, a tributary of the Amper (or Ammer) that partly drains away into the chalky soil. The road passes
Ludwig II of Bavaria 's castle ofLinderhof . On the Austrian side, it passes thePlansee .References
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