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Achen Pass (Germany)

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Achen Pass (el. 941 n.) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the state of Bavaria in Germany.

The pass is located about 1 km north of the border with Austria in the south of Bavaria. It connects the valley of the Tegernsee in the north with the Achen valley in Tyrol in the south. It divides the watershed of the Danube and the Inn.
As early as 1495, the pass road was an important commercial route for bringing salt to Munich. It was also an important route for the Bavarian army, which controlled Tyrol at the time of Napoleon. In the 19th century, it lost its commercial importance, but gained an important role in the tourist industry.

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