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Traffic jam at the newly opened Falkenstein border crossing

OBJECT INFORMATION

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November 13 1989
Probstzella (Gera district, now Thuringia)/Lauenstein (Bavaria) border crossing
Created By: Grenzpolizeiinspektion Ludwigsstadt

License: Creative Commons License

A queue of cars at the new border crossing between Lauenstein, a part of the Bavarian city Ludwigsstadt, and the Thuringian town of Probstzella. The border crossing was opened to pedestrian and road traffic on 12 and 13 November, 1989, respectively. The photo was taken near Falkenstein cliff, after which the border crossing was named.

Depicts

car, coat of arms, construction trailer, flag of the GDR, German flag, group of people, inner German border, international vehicle registration code, member of the People's Police, opening of the border, traffic, warning sign, Wartburg (car)

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

People/Organizations

police (FRG)

Places

Lauenstein, Lauenstein/Probstzella border crossing, Probstzella

Text in image

Landes / grenze

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