Felbertauern Tunnel

[1] The term "Felbertauern" by itself often is used to include the approach roads on both ends, which were built as the same time as the tunnel.

The first contacts between the tribes settling on both sides of the main ridge of the Alps date back to the 2nd millennium BC.

This name was first borne by a local noble family, the Lords of Felben, who owned a mighty residential tower in Mittersill and thus controlled the path early on.

From 1814 onwards, the unification of the court of Matrei, which originally belonged to the Principality of Salzburg, with Tyrol diminished the importance of the Felbertauern.

Between 1910 and 1912, the owner of Weißenstein Castle in Matrei had a drivable path built through the Prossegg Gorge, which is considered the forerunner of the Felbertauern Road.

Since 1 April 1948, Iseltal Straße has been part of the network of federal highways in Austria.