!!!Brenner, italienisch Brennero

Brenner Pass, Italian name: Brennero, alt. 1,371 m, since 1919 
pass on the Austrian (Tyrol)-Italian (South Tyrol) border, lowest pass 
across the eastern Alps, open throughout the year. Most important 
transport link between Germany and Italy, which runs from the Inn 
valley up the Wipp valley via the watershed between the Adriatic and 
Black seas to the South Tyrolean Etsch (Adige) valley. In the Middle 
Ages the Brenner Pass was the most important pass between the northern 
and the southern parts of the German Empire. The Brenner railway 
(leading from Innsbruck to Bozen; first use of loop tunnels, 
electrified in1928) was completed in 1868. The Brenner motorway was 
finished in 1974 and is an important link in the Austrian  Transalpine 
Roads, which have been administered by  Alpen Strassen AG (ASG) since 
1993. In 1991 the Brenner Pass was used by 27,000 motor vehicles per 
day, including 5,000 lorries and in 1999 by an average of 37,221 
vehicles, of which 6,028 were lorries or buses.

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Lake Brennersee is situated on the Austrian side of the pass. It was 
on the Brenner Pass that D. Dolomieu discovered the mineral  dolomite 
named after him in 1789.


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