Panix Pass
Panix Pass | |
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Elevation | 2,404 m (7,887 ft)[1] |
Traversed by | Trail |
Location | Glarus/Graubünden, Switzerland |
Range | Alps |
Coordinates | 46°51′21″N 09°06′14″E / 46.85583°N 9.10389°ECoordinates: 46°51′21″N 09°06′14″E / 46.85583°N 9.10389°E |
Location in Switzerland |
Panix Pass or Panixer Pass (Romansh: Pass dil Veptga, German: Panixerpass) (2404 m) is a Swiss Alpine pass between the cantons of Glarus and Graubünden.
The pass was once an important trade route between the canton of Glarus and Italy. It connects Elm in the Sernftal in Glarus with Pigniu (Panix) in the Vorderrhein valley of Graubünden. It is not passable by car.
In October 1799, Russian General Alexander Suvorov made a strategic retreat from the French Revolutionary forces south over the pass and regrouped his forces in Austria.
Gallery[]
Suvorov crossing the pass in 1799
The pass in 1919
The pass in 2009
The pass in 2009
See also[]
- List of mountain passes
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panixerpass. |
- Martin Bundi: Panix Pass in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2006-01-18.
Categories:
- Mountain passes of Switzerland
- Mountain passes of the Alps
- Mountain passes of Graubünden
- Mountain passes of the canton of Glarus
- Glarus–Graubünden border