!!!Tauern

Tauern (from celtic tur = gate, gateway), name of numerous 
non-glaciated passes and mountain ranges in the Austrian Central Alps 
between the  Krimmler Tauern Pass in the west and the  Schober Pass in 
the east; the Tauern mountains are divided into  Hohe Tauern Range and 
 Niedere Tauern Mountains. Passes from east to west: Krimmler Tauern 
Pass (alt. 2633 m);  Felber Tauern Pass (2481 m); Kalser 
Tauern Pass (2515 m); Heiligenbluter or Rauriser Tauern Pass 
(2576 m, generally called Hochtor Pass), Goldberg or Fraganter 
Tauern Pass (wind-gap, 2754 m), Niederer Tauern Pass (also called 
Mallnitzer Tauern Pass, 2448 m); Hohe Tauern Pass (also Korn 
Tauern Pass, 2459 m), Radstaedter Tauern Pass (1738 m);  
Rottenmanner Tauern Pass (1265 m). The Tauern road from the 
village of Trieben to St. Johann am Tauern links the Paltental 
and Poelstal valleys and served as a major road connection during 
Roman times (Roman milestones preserved). Several sections of the 
Tauern Motorway lead through long tunnels (Radstaedter Tauern, 
Katschberg and others). The Radstaedter Tauern Pass is crossed by the 
Radstaedter Tauern Road. There is also a  Tauern Railway with motorail 
facility (from Mallnitz, Carinthia, to Boeckstein in the province of 
Salzburg) and a  Hohe Tauern National Park. Industry: Malta and 
Reisseck-Kreuzeck power stations in Carinthia and  Tauernkraftwerke AG 
(in the province of Salzburg.).


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