Grossglockner High Alpine Road

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mountain road scenic road tourist attraction

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a famous panoramic mountain road in Austria that winds through the High Tauern range, offering dramatic views of the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest peak.

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Grossglockner High Alpine Road museum at Fusch 1
Großglockner Hochalpenstraße 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain road ⓘ
scenic road ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
altName Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ
surface form: Großglockner Hochalpenstraße
climateConditions subject to snow and ice ⓘ
connects Carinthia ⓘ
Salzburg ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1930 ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
designedFor motor vehicles ⓘ
endingPoint Heiligenblut am Großglockner ⓘ
hasFeature interpretive exhibits ⓘ
numerous hairpin bends ⓘ
panoramic viewpoints ⓘ
hasMuseum Grossglockner High Alpine Road self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grossglockner High Alpine Road museum at Fusch
hasViewpoint Franz-Josefs-Höhe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe visitor centre ⓘ
highestElevation about 2504 metres above sea level ⓘ
highestPoint Edelweissspitze NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPurpose to promote tourism in the Austrian Alps ⓘ
languageOfAltName German ⓘ
length about 48 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Austrian Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Tauern NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG ⓘ
namedAfter Grossglockner NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyPeak Grossglockner ⓘ
surface form: Grossglockner, highest mountain in Austria
numberOfHairpinBends over 30 ⓘ
offersViewOf Grossglockner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pasterze Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1935 ⓘ
passesNear Fuscher Törl ⓘ
Heiligenblut ⓘ
passesOver Alpine passes between Salzburg and Carinthia ⓘ
passesThrough Hohe Tauern National Park ⓘ
popularFor cycling ⓘ
hiking access ⓘ
motorcycle touring ⓘ
region Carinthia ⓘ
surface form: State of Carinthia

State of Salzburg ⓘ
roadCategory high mountain pass road ⓘ
roadSurface paved ⓘ
roadType toll road ⓘ
seasonalStatus usually open from May to October ⓘ
startingPoint Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße ⓘ
touristVisitsPerYear hundreds of thousands of visitors ⓘ
winterStatus closed in winter due to snow ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grossglockner High Alpine Road → altName → Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ
this entity surface form: Großglockner Hochalpenstraße
Glockner Group → crossedBy → Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ
Grossglockner High Alpine Road → hasMuseum → Grossglockner High Alpine Road self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grossglockner High Alpine Road museum at Fusch
Heiligenblut → isGatewayTo → Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ
Grossglockner → isVisibleFrom → Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ
Grossglockner → nearPass → Grossglockner High Alpine Road ⓘ