At the Falkenstein border crossing

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

License: Not Creative Commons

Pedestrians and police officers at the border crossing between Lauenstein, a neighborhood in the Bavarian city Ludwigsstadt, and the Thuringian town Probstzella. The border was opened to pedestrians on 12 November and to motor traffic on 13 November 1989. The photo was taken near Falkenstein cliff, after which the border crossing was named.

Depicts

banderole, banner (flag), construction trailer, group of people, inner German border, policeman (FRG), state coat of arms, street, Trabant (car), warning sign

Places

Falkenstein (Thuringia) border crossing, Lauenstein, Probstzella

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