Ammer Saddle
The Ammer Saddle is a high mountain pass in the Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany.
The pass is located in the Ammergau region of southern Bavaria. It leads from Ettal near Oberammergau to Reutte in northwest Tyrol. The Ammer Saddle is the pass between the Ammergauer Hochplatte on the northwest, the Scheinbergspitz on the north, the Kreuzspitze in the southeast, and the Geierköpfe in the southwest. The first three of these peaks are in Germany, and the Geierköpfe in Austria.
The pass road has a maximum grade of 12 percent. It is mostly fairly straight, although somewhat more winding near the pass. It leaves the German Bundesstraße 23 at Ettal and joins the Austrian Fernpass Straße at Reutte. From the northeast, it leads through the Graswang Valley along the Linder River, a tributary of the Amper that partly drains away into the chalky soil. The road passes Ludwig II of Bavaria's castle of Linderhof. On the Austrian side, it passes the Plansee.
