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The Austrian–Italian border is a 404 km (251 mi) [1] land border along the Alps between the Republic of Italy and the Republic of Austria. A border has existed since 1861, but the current one only since 1920 when happened the peace treaty between the kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Republic. It has been an EU internal border since 1 January ...
The Brenner Pass carries a four-lane motorway, one of the most important transit routes between Northern and Southern Europe. The Brenner Pass (German: Brennerpass [ˈbʁɛnɐpas], shortly Brenner; Italian: Passo del Brennero [ˈpasso del ˈbrɛnnero]) is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria.
Austria is a key country in movement of freight between northern and southern Europe and between eastern and western Europe. The Brenner region is very politically sensitive with respect to both local and cross-border transport issues. Between 1970 and 1999, highway freight increased seven-fold.
Austria took the issue to the United Nations in 1960. A fresh round of negotiations took place, which lead to a more extensive statute of autonomy for South Tyrol in 1972. In 1992, Austria declared the disagreement to be fully resolved. [12] Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said on June 5, 2018 that Italy is a strong ally of Austria. [13]
Large chairs at the pass, one on each side of the Austria-Italy border with a border marker in between. The Timmelsjoch pass is open to traffic from approximately the first half of June to the second half of October [4] (the exact dates depend on snow conditions) daily from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. The Ötztal valley side is subject to a toll charge.
The municipality is named after the Brenner Pass, whose summit marks the border between Italy and Austria. Brenner borders the following municipalities: Pfitsch , Ratschings , Sterzing , Gries am Brenner , Gschnitz (Austria), Neustift im Stubaital (Austria) and Obernberg am Brenner (Austria).
Border section 5 - Folgaria/Lavarone/Sette Comuni built between 1907 and 1913 and among the most modern fortresses in Austria-Hungary. It was in front of the line of the older works (Tenna, Colle delle benne, Mattarello and Romagnano) from the Vogl construction period.
The pass forms the border between Austria and Italy, it separates the Villgraten Mountains in the southeast from the Rieserferner Group in the northwest. The pass road is open only from May to October from 5:30 am to 22:15 and prohibited for trailers and caravans.