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30: 103: 123: 494:. By a treaty of 29 October 1656, Scharnitz and the region around the Porta Claudia were swapped for a strip of land around the Kienleithenkopf including the Karolingerhof and rights of way into the Hinterautal valley. With another treaty on 28 May 1766, Tyrol's possession of Scharnitz and the Porta Claudia was confirmed as was a strip of territory 387:
there are tight restrictions on the construction of avalanche defences and the construction of a road tunnel straight through the Arntalköpfle exiting on the German side west of the Isar was not possible. After years of discussion over various options and costings an
337:("Wetterstein region including the Latschengürtel near Mittenwald", LSG-No. 391021; 86.33 km²) borders the two reserves to the north. On the east side – on the far side of the Isar, road and railway track – on the German side, lie the nature reserve of 467:
north of Seefeld. The long-term aim of Tyrol was to push the state border north to the strategically important Scharnitz Pass. The Tyrolese achieved a partial success when, on 20 October 1500, Emperor
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will now be built on the German side for a cost of 8.5 million euros;, the planned tunnel to the Scharnitz bypass exits on the Austrian side still in the avalanche zone.
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Daniel-Erasmus Khan: Die deutschen Staatsgrenzen - rechtshistorische Grundlagen und offene Rechtsfragen. Mohr Siebeck, 2004, pp. 211 f.
554:, reprint of article from the Garmisch-Partenkichner Tagblatt dated 29 September 2011 with map of the avalanche prone area (pdf, 161 KB) 563: 625: 173: 342: 524: 480: 326: 318: 62: 490:, at the Scharnitz Pass on Werdenfels territory in order to protect themselves from the advancing Swedish Army in the 483:
ratified a treaty agreed the year before that moved the border of Tyrol to within a kilometre south of Scharnitz.
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p. 16, in: Altbayern Reihe I Heft 9: Grafschaft Werdenfels, Komm. für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich, 1955.
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p. 15, in: Altbayern Reihe I Heft 9: Grafschaft Werdenfels, Komm. für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich, 1955.
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Grafschaft Werdenfels - Umfang und Grenzen der Grafschaft: Die tirolische Grenze
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Grafschaft Werdenfels - Umfang und Grenzen der Grafschaft: Die tirolische Grenze
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by the gorge of Marchklamm on the state border from the west flank of the
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Wettersteingebiet einschließlich Latschengürtel bei Mittenwald
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Neidischer Blick zu Nachbarn: Tunnel um Scharnitz beschlossen
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Ortsumfahrung und Lawinenschutz: Kompaktlösung nicht möglich
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In 1633 Tyrol was granted the right to build a castle,
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Lawinenschutz an der Marchklamm: Zurück zur Galerie
61: 49: 39: 18: 177:on the Austro-German border between the states of 34:Scharnitz Pass with Scharnitz, view from Southeast 229:(2,192 m); to the southwest of which is the 126:Scharnitz Pass with view of the west side of the 106:View of the pass from the south, Lower left: the 309:Northwest of the Scharnitz Pass lies the German 516: 514: 512: 510: 118:(with the Scharnitz Pass below and left of it) 8: 383:to Mittenwald. Due to the nature reserve of 205:. It is located in the upper valley of the 110:(B 177) near Gießenbach; background: 15: 670:Mountain passes of Tyrol (federal state) 540:auf der Webseite des Bundeslandes Tirol. 455:The Scharnitz Pass belonged then to the 506: 213:(923 m; Bavaria) in the north and 185:. Its name derives from the village of 525:Federal Agency for Nature Conservation 408:to Mittenwald was consolidated into a 301:, has cut through the Scharnitz Pass. 7: 537:Naturschutz im Bezirk Innsbruck Land 197:The Scharnitz Pass lies east of the 162:) is a narrow section of the upper 221:(1,529 m), a subpeak of the 22:Scharnitzpass / Scharnitzer Klause 14: 367:The Scharnitz Pass is subject to 339:Karwendel und Karwendelvorgebirge 594:Scharnitz-Tunnel: Baubeginn 2015 287:Mittenwald and Karwendel Railway 28: 266:(Tyrol) and continues over the 170:. It lies at a height of about 1: 379:and the narrow valley of the 225:. East of the pass rises the 660:Mountain passes of the Alps 686: 665:Mountain passes of Bavaria 189:immediately to the south. 459:, the border between the 400:Under the Roman emperor, 27: 434:. In the Roman road map 629:Preview at Google Books 168:Northern Limestone Alps 85:47.397884°N 11.267284°E 463:then being located at 329:; 2.22 km²). 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Elevation
Range
Alps
Coordinates
47°23′52″N 11°16′02″E / 47.397884°N 11.267284°E / 47.397884; 11.267284

Seefelder Straße
Mittenwald
Rotwandlspitze

Rotwandlspitze
Pleisenspitze
‹See Tfd›
German
Isar
Northern Limestone Alps
m
Bavaria
Tyrol
Scharnitz
Wetterstein Mountains
Karwendel
River Isar
Mittenwald
Scharnitz
Arnspitze Group
Rotwandlspitze
B 2 federal highway
Seefelder Straße

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