Passeier Valley

The Passeier Valley is the valley of the Passer river, inside the mountains of South Tyrol, northern Italy. The Passer river is a left-financial institution tributary to the Adige. At the mouth of the valley, in which the 2 rivers be part of, stands the city of Merano. From there, the valley runs north to the Timmelsjoch mountain bypass, which leads to Solden inside the Otztal valley he Otztaler Ache river flows through the valley in a northern course. The Otztal separates the Stubai Alps within the east from the Otztal Alps in the west. The valley is 65 km 40 mi long.

The northern cease of the valley is on the confluence of the Otztaler Ache and Inn rivers, eight km east of Imst and 50 km west of Innsbruck. The handiest railway station of the valley, Otztal railway station, is positioned here and connects the Owith the Arlberg railway Innsbruck-Bludenz and additionally a motorway interchange to the A12 E60. The southern end of the valley, additionally known as the Gurglertal, of Austria and to the Jaufenpass which leads to Sterzing in the Wipptal. The following municipalities are placed within the valley: Kuens, Riffian, St. Martin in Passeier, St. Leonhard in Passeier and Moos in Passeier. The populace of the valley is German-speaking.