Passwang Pass

For the mountain, see Vogelberg (Passwang).
Passwang Pass

Passwang Pass
Elevation 1,204 m (3,950 ft)
Traversed by Road
Location Solothurn, Switzerland
Range Jura Mountains
Coordinates 47°21′30″N 07°39′22″E / 47.35833°N 7.65611°E / 47.35833; 7.65611Coordinates: 47°21′30″N 07°39′22″E / 47.35833°N 7.65611°E / 47.35833; 7.65611
Passwang Pass

Location in Switzerland

Passwang Pass (elevation 1,204 m (3,950 ft)) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

It connects the southern part of the canton of Solothurn via Mümliswil-Ramiswil (south of the pass) and Beinwil, Solothurn (northern side) with the so-called Schwarzbubenland (officially Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein, consisting of the canton of Solothurn districts Thierstein and Dorneck) north of the Passwang mountain chain, and ultimately with the Laufen District in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

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