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Global Treasures 43403



Grossglockner Road

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 : Global Television
 Episode Number: 43403
 Title: Grossglockner Road
 Languages: E De
  10 Mins
 Produced: 2018

The Grossglockner is the highest mountain in the Austrian Alps and is surrounded by three thousand metre high peaks.

In the Gut Valley, the glacier route to the Kaiser-Franz Josefs-Höhe detours from the main route across various alpine passes, to Salzburg.

When the Austrian Emperor and Empress first visited there were no roads and the main route across the Alps was altogether different. The Pasterze Glacier once reached to the Glockner and today, far down below, is the Margaritzen Reservoir. In 1932, the Glacier Road was built up to the summit where, in1856, to reach it the Imperial couple had to climb. ..continues