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The Except far is located in the state of Tyrol in Austria in the far northwest of the country and corresponds to the Tyrolean district of Reutte.
Regions
The Between the Torental is the valley south of the Ammergau Alps between Reutte and Lermoos. The three gates of the Zwischenentorental are in the northeast of the region the Loisach breakthrough between the Zugspitze (Wetterstein) and the Daniel (Ammergau Alps) near Ehrwald, in the west the end of the valley at Thaneller and the Fernpass in the south of the region.
The Tyrolean Lechtal separates the Lechtal Alps of the Allgäu Alps.
places
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in the Ehrwald Basin:
- Ehrwald (994 m), winter sports community at the foot of the Zugspitze
- Lermoos (1004 m) holiday community and winter sports
- Biberwier (989 m) winter sports and active holidays
in the Between the Torental:
- Bichlbach (1079 m), winter and summer sports, amusement park with climbing forest.
- Lähn-Wengle (1100 m): Lähn and Wengle, two neighboring hamlets;
- Cheerfulness (994 m), holiday village on Lake Heiterwang;
- Berwang (1342 m), ski area in the Berwanger valley;
in the Lechtal:
- Reutte (853 m), market town and main town in Ausserfern.
- Weißenbach am Lech (885 m), starting point for tours in the Tiroler Lech nature reserve.
- Vils (826 m), third smallest city in Austria.
in the Tannheim Valley
in the Tyrolean Lechtal:
- Steeg (1122 m)
- Elbigenalp (1040 m)
- Elmen (978 m, with the towns of Martinau and Klimm)
- Forchach (910 m)
Other goals
background
The name is traced back to "Hinter dem Fern (pass)", the region is only accessible from the rest of Tyrol through the Fernpass and has therefore always had strong links with Bavaria, which is better connected to the north by road connections.
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airports are the Innsbruck airport(IATA: INN) Distance approx. 60 km, and Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC) also "Franz Josef Strauss", distance approx. 140 km.
In the street
- out Austria via the toll-free Fernpass route, in Imst it has a connection to the toll Inntal motorway.
- out Germany (Augsburg / Stuttgart area) via Füssen and then on over the Austrian border towards Fernpass.
- out Germany (Munich area), turn off shortly before Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the direction of Fernpass and continue across the Austrian border.
By train
in Lähn
Ausserfernbahn
The Ausserfernbahn operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB) carries out Garmisch-Partenkirchen (in D) across the Bavarian-Austrian state border into the Ehrwalder Kessel and on via Reutte and Pfronten to Kempten (again in D).
Side to Ausserfernbahn, Private page too KBS 976
mobility
General information about the Transfer route over the Fernpass see also in the corresponding paragraph for State of Tyrol.
For a complete overview of passes, see also the article on the Alpine passes.
Fernpass
The 1 Fernpass (1,210 m) is the high point of the important and busy Austrian Fernpassstraße (B179) Reutte to Imst. The pass is on the connection between the Mieming chain in the east and the Lechtal Alps in the West. At the top of the pass is the hamlet of Fernpass (inn, gas station and souvenir shop), which are the next places Biberwier (989 m) and Lermoos (1.004 m) in the north and Nassereith (843 m) in the south adjoining Gurgltal.
The pass is open all year round and toll-free, especially during the holiday periods, however, with at least brisk Expect traffic volume. The route is curvy and is considered to be accident-prone, because of the course mainly in the forest, the landscape is generally rather unspectacular, on the north side there is a view of the west side of the Wetterstein with the Zugspitze. The maximum gradient of the route is up to 8%.
The Fernpass marks the watershed between Inn and Isar, the geologically relatively young transition owes its formation to a huge landslide around 4,000 years ago and from the western side from the Lorea massif (Lechtal Alps) out. Because of this rock fall, it applies after latest research With a mass of about one cubic kilometer as the third largest known in the Eastern Alps, the valley in the pass area was filled in and the lakes in the area dammed.
The Fernpass is also the station of the historic Roman road Via Claudia Augusta on the section from Biberwier to the hamlet of Fernstein, the historic route is still well preserved here as a mountain path / mule track and is well known.
Tourist Attractions
activities
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highline 179
With a total length of 408 m, the highline179 is the world's "longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Tibet style". It connects the Ehrenberg ruins with Fort Claudia via the Fernpassstraße B 179 south of Reutte in Tyrol and can be reached on foot in about 15 minutes from the valley (parking spaces). Admission costs € 8 per person and is to be paid at the ticket machines at the bridgeheads, reduced tickets for families and children are only available in the valley in the museum shop of the Ehrenberg Castle World. An additional € 4 parking fee is required.
kitchen
nightlife
security
- Alpine Club - Weather service;
- Avalanche warning service for Bavaria.
- Avalanche warning service for Austria
climate
trips
- Fernsteinsee in the neighboring Gurgltal below the Fernstein Pass and with the ruins of the Sigmundsburg on an island.
- The other lakes on the Fernpass are the Blindsee, Mittreseee and Weißensee.
literature
cards
- freytag & berndt (1: 50,000) sheet 352 (southern areas, hikers, bike and ski tour map).
- Compass hiking map (1: 50,000) sheet K5, sheet K179.
- Alpine Club cards (1: 25,000) sheet 4/1 (Wetterstein mountains and Mieminger chain, western sheet); (for mountaineers);
Web links
- Tourist association holiday region Reutte: www.reutte.com
- Tannheimer Tal tourist office: www.tannheimertal.com
- Tourist association Tiroler Zugspitz Arena: www.zugspitzarena.com
- Museum Association Ausserfern: www.mvb-ausserfern.at
- Theater stages Ausserfern: www.theater-ausserfern.com
- Ausserfern TV: www.ausserfern.tv. Community channel of the three tourism associations with regional information.