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The lake Brennersee lies approximately 1.15 km north of the Brenner Pass, 1310 meters above sea level. With an area of approximately 19 ha, it is the biggest lake in the Wipptal. The lake can be explored by motorway A13 or by local train from Innsbruck. Although the lake is always open for bathing, the water barely warms up to 12°C, even in midsummer (...)

Brenner Pass (Italian: ''Passo del Brennero''; German: ''Brennerpass''; Latin: ''Brennus Mons'') is a mountain pass through the Alps along the border between Italy and Austria, and is one of the principal passes of the Alps. It is the lowest (1370 m) and easiest of the Alpine passes, and one of the few in the Tyrol region. For that reason possession of the pass has long been coveted (...)

Brenner (Italian: ''Brennero''; Latin: ''Brennus'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 110 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 60 km north of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,075 and an area of 114.1 km² (...)