Knowledge (XXG)

Bözberg Pass

Source 📝

433: 25: 139: 378:
The railroad line was opened in 1875. With the advent of the automobile, the pass developed heavy traffic. In 1995, the year before the completion of the tunnel, 12,500 vehicles crossed the pass per day. Today, only about 3500 vehicles cross the pass each day.
371:
The middle route won out, even though it was swampy and steep (with grades up to 20 percent) and too small for large coaches. Commercial traffic took a detour until the city of
188: 340:, there were three different roads over the pass, all of which started from Effingen. The northern one followed the route of the Roman road to the ferries at 474: 493: 508: 498: 416: 503: 116: 46: 97: 69: 50: 467: 76: 181: 35: 83: 54: 39: 279: 460: 65: 275: 271: 267: 233: 322: 337: 325:
routed the remnants of the Helvetian forces at Mons Vocetius, after which the Helvetian capital at
149: 248: 361: 309:. The Roman road ran somewhat north of the present route, and a stretch of it can be seen near 90: 357: 341: 294: 444: 302: 349: 365: 229: 174: 169: 487: 225: 432: 353: 241: 162: 24: 409: 403: 397: 306: 203: 190: 326: 260: 138: 16:
Mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland
314: 310: 440: 345: 237: 318: 256: 252: 372: 18: 448: 317:
in AD 69, following their uprising in the civil war of
180: 168: 158: 148: 131: 410: 404: 398: 266:Two tunnels have been dug under the pass, the 468: 313:. It was the site of the final defeat of the 8: 375:built a better road between 1773 and 1779. 53:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 475: 461: 128: 117:Learn how and when to remove this message 352:to Brugg, and the southern one through 301:; it formed an important link between 7: 429: 427: 417:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland 51:adding citations to reliable sources 447:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 329:was forced to surrender (Tacitus, 14: 255:and is the shortest road between 431: 137: 23: 494:Mountain passes of Switzerland 1: 509:Switzerland geography stubs 499:Mountain passes of the Jura 525: 426: 504:Mountain passes of Aargau 348:, the middle one through 136: 297:, the pass was known as 443:location article is a 323:Aulus Caecina Alienus 204:47.48111°N 8.13889°E 47:improve this article 276:Bözberg Road Tunnel 268:Bözberg Rail Tunnel 200: /  224:(el. 569 m.) is a 456: 455: 219: 218: 209:47.48111; 8.13889 127: 126: 119: 101: 516: 477: 470: 463: 435: 428: 412: 406: 400: 360:to the ferry at 247:It connects the 215: 214: 212: 211: 210: 205: 201: 198: 197: 196: 193: 154:569 m (1,867 ft) 141: 129: 122: 115: 111: 108: 102: 100: 59: 27: 19: 524: 523: 519: 518: 517: 515: 514: 513: 484: 483: 482: 481: 424: 390: 385: 303:Augusta Raurica 291: 272:Federal Railway 208: 206: 202: 199: 194: 191: 189: 187: 186: 144: 123: 112: 106: 103: 60: 58: 44: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 522: 520: 512: 511: 506: 501: 496: 486: 485: 480: 479: 472: 465: 457: 454: 453: 436: 422: 421: 414:in the online 389: 388:External links 386: 384: 381: 366:Schinznach-Bad 290: 287: 230:Jura Mountains 217: 216: 184: 178: 177: 175:Jura Mountains 172: 166: 165: 160: 156: 155: 152: 146: 145: 142: 134: 133: 125: 124: 66:"Bözberg Pass" 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 521: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 478: 473: 471: 466: 464: 459: 458: 452: 450: 446: 442: 437: 434: 430: 425: 419: 418: 413: 407: 401: 395: 392: 391: 387: 382: 380: 376: 374: 369: 367: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 334: 332: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 308: 304: 300: 299:Mons Vocetius 296: 288: 286: 284: 283: 277: 273: 269: 264: 262: 258: 254: 250: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 226:mountain pass 223: 213: 185: 183: 179: 176: 173: 171: 167: 164: 161: 157: 153: 151: 147: 140: 135: 130: 121: 118: 110: 99: 96: 92: 89: 85: 82: 78: 75: 71: 68: –  67: 63: 62:Find sources: 56: 52: 48: 42: 41: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 449:expanding it 438: 423: 415: 394:Bözberg Pass 393: 377: 370: 350:Unterbözberg 335: 330: 298: 292: 281: 265: 246: 222:Bözberg Pass 221: 220: 143:Bözberg Pass 132:Bözberg Pass 113: 104: 94: 87: 80: 73: 61: 45:Please help 33: 354:Gallenkirch 338:Middle Ages 336:During the 295:Roman times 251:valley and 249:Frick River 242:Switzerland 207: / 182:Coordinates 163:Switzerland 107:August 2015 488:Categories 383:References 362:Birrenlauf 333:1.67-69). 307:Vindonissa 192:47°28′52″N 77:newspapers 327:Aventicum 150:Elevation 34:does not 342:Lauffohr 315:Helvetii 311:Effingen 282:Autobahn 278:for the 274:and the 270:for the 195:8°8′20″E 159:Location 411:Italian 289:History 232:in the 228:in the 91:scholar 55:removed 40:sources 441:Aargau 405:French 399:German 346:Stilli 261:Zürich 238:Aargau 234:canton 93:  86:  79:  72:  64:  439:This 331:Hist. 319:Galba 257:Basel 253:Brugg 170:Range 98:JSTOR 84:books 445:stub 408:and 396:in 373:Bern 358:Linn 356:and 344:and 305:and 280:A-3 259:and 70:news 38:any 36:cite 368:). 293:In 240:in 236:of 49:by 490:: 402:, 321:. 285:. 263:. 244:. 476:e 469:t 462:v 451:. 420:. 364:( 120:) 114:( 109:) 105:( 95:· 88:· 81:· 74:· 57:. 43:.

Index


cite
sources
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
removed
"Bözberg Pass"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message

Elevation
Switzerland
Range
Jura Mountains
Coordinates
47°28′52″N 8°8′20″E / 47.48111°N 8.13889°E / 47.48111; 8.13889
mountain pass
Jura Mountains
canton
Aargau
Switzerland
Frick River
Brugg
Basel
Zürich
Bözberg Rail Tunnel

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.