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13-707: It connects the upper valley of the Inn with the Lech valley. The road leads from Imst to Elmen , a distance of 29 km. It is popular with motorcyclists and cyclists. It is a much shorter route than the Fern Pass or the Flexen Pass over the Arlberg . The road is winding and steep, with grades up to 18.9 percent and is closed to traffic over 14 metric tons. The road is generally closed from November to April. The pass

26-581: A document of 1338, the river was named Wasser (German for water). The first written mention from the years 105 to 109 (Publii Corneli Taciti historiarium liber tertius) reads: " ... Sextilius Felix... ad occupandam ripam Aeni fluminis, quod Raetos Noricosque interfluit, missus... " ("... Sextilius Felix was sent to capture the banks of the Inn, which flows between the Rhaetian people and the Noric people.") The river

39-680: Is a right tributary of the Danube , being the third largest tributary of the Danube by discharge. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina at 4,049 m (13,284 ft). The Engadine , the valley of the En, is the only Swiss valley whose waters end up in the Black Sea (via the Danube). The name Inn is derived from the old Celtic words en and enios , meaning water . In

52-541: Is also mentioned by other authors of the Roman Empire as Ainos (Greek) or Aenus (Latin). In medieval Latin it was written as Enus or Oenus . The change in the old Bavarian language from e to i turned Enus to In . Until the 17th century, it was written like this or Yn , but also Ihn or Yhn . The double-n appeared only in the 16th century, for example in the Tyrolian Landreim of 1557, and since

65-515: Is enlarged by two major tributaries, the Alz and the Salzach . From here to the Danube , it forms the border between Germany (Bavaria) and Austria ( Upper Austria ). Towns on this last section of the river are Marktl am Inn , Simbach on Inn , Braunau am Inn and Schärding . In Passau the Inn finally enters the Danube (as does the river Ilz there). Although the Inn has a greater average flow than

78-591: Is one of the Bavarian displaced person cities. During World War II , an armour factory fabricated gunpowder in this area. The remaining bunkers were soon used as makeshift housing for displaced persons from Sudetenland and Bohemia . Officially founded on April 1, 1950, the community grew fast and, in 1960, it was granted the rights of a town. Today, chemical and engine building factories are located in Waldkraiburg. This Mühldorf district location article

91-512: Is prone to avalanches, falling rocks, and mudslides. In 2004, an automatic system was installed that closes the road in case of blockage. The present road was built in the late 1960s and opened in 1969. [REDACTED] Media related to Hahntennjoch at Wikimedia Commons Inn (river) The Inn ( Latin : Aenus ; Romansh : En ) is a river in Switzerland , Austria and Germany . The 518 km (322 mi) long river

104-513: The 18th century this spelling and pronunciation with a short vowel has been customary. The mentions in Roman times refer to the lower course. The Tyrolean section was first called Aenus by Venantius Fortunatus in the 6th century. The name Engadin and the Romansh name En indicate that the upper reaches of the river have always been called this way. Even though it was occasionally believed that

117-638: The Danube when they converge in Passau, and its watershed contains the Piz Bernina, the highest point in the Danube watershed, the Inn is considered a tributary of the Danube, which has a greater length, drains a larger surface area, and has a more consistent flow. The Inn is the only river originating in Switzerland that ends in the Black Sea (via the Danube). The average discharge at the mouth of

130-543: The Inn flows through the largest lakes on its course, Lake Sils and Lake Silvaplana . It runs north-eastwards, entering Austria, and from Landeck eastwards through the Austrian state of Tyrol and its capital, Innsbruck ( bridge over the Inn ), and crosses the border into Bavaria near Kufstein . On Bavarian territory the river runs northwards and passes Rosenheim , Wasserburg am Inn , and Waldkraiburg ; then it turns east, runs through Mühldorf and Neuötting and

143-482: The Inn is 735 m /s (26,000 cu ft/s). On 3 June 2013 the discharge of the Inn in Passau reached 6,820 m /s (241,000 cu ft/s) and the water levels reached 12.85 m (42.2 ft), the highest recorded historic flood level since 1501. The historic centre of Passau, where the Danube , Inn and Ilz converge, was flooded severely. Currently, there are 24 hydroelectric power plants on

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156-823: The Inn originated near the Adige at the Reschen Pass , since the 16th century at the latest the origin has been seen uniformly in the area of the lakes at the Maloja Pass . A connection may exist between the name Inn and the name of the French river Ain . The source of the Inn is located in the Swiss Alps , west of St. Moritz in the Engadine region, which is named after the river ( Romansh Engiadina ; Latin vallis Eniatina ). Shortly after it leaves its source,

169-530: The Inn. 17 of them are operated by Verbund AG . The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters: Waldkraiburg Waldkraiburg ( Central Bavarian : Woidkroaburg ) is a town in the district of Mühldorf , in Bavaria , Germany with a population of about 24,000. It is the biggest town in the district of Mühldorf. It is located on the river Inn , approximately ten kilometers southwest of Mühldorf and sixty kilometers east of Munich . Waldkraiburg

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