Opening of Falkenstein border crossing

Info

November 12 1989
Falkenstein border crossing between Probstzella (Gera district, now Thuringia) and Lauenstein (Bavaria)
Created By: Grenzpolizeiinspektion Ludwigsstadt

License: Not Creative Commons

Police officers and border patrol officers in conversation at the newly opened border crossing between Lauenstein, a neighborhood of Ludwigsstadt (Bavaria) and the town of Probstzella (Thuringia). The border was opened to pedestrian and auto traffic on 12 and 13 November 1989, respectively. The photo was taken near Falkenstein cliff, after which the border crossing is named.

Depicts

barbed wire fence, border guard, group of people, opening of the border, policeman (FRG), track

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Falkenstein (Thuringia) border crossing, Lauenstein, Probstzella

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