Benkerjoch Pass

Benkerjoch Pass
Road to Benkerjoch Pass
Elevation674 m (2,211 ft)
LocationSwitzerland
Coordinates47°26′7.67″N 8°1′48.61″E / 47.4354639°N 8.0301694°E / 47.4354639; 8.0301694
Interactive map of Benkerjoch Pass

Benkerjoch Pass (el. 674 m) is a mountain pass in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.[1]

It connects Küttigen and Oberhof. Until 1801, the pass was the boundary between Austria and Switzerland. The current pass road was built in 1977.[2]

Since 1979, a postal bus route runs over the pass to Aarau.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Maps of Switzerland - Swiss Confederation - map.geo.admin.ch". map.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Hunziker, Edith; Ritter-Lutz, Susanne (2019). "Wölfinswil, Oberhof". Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Aargau X: Der Bezirk Laufenburg. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz. Bern: Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. p. 439. doi:10.30429/KDS-AG-X. ISBN 978-3-03797-589-3. Retrieved 10 March 2026.