Franco-German border

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The Franco-German border is the international boundary separating France and Germany, running largely along the Rhine and historically central to European political and cultural relations.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
adjacentToRiver Moselle River
surface form: Moselle

Saar
associatedWithMilitaryStructure Maginot Line
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Frankfurt
surface form: Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)

Treaty of Paris 1947
surface form: Treaty of Paris (1947)

Treaty of Versailles
borderControlStatus no routine passport checks (Schengen)
continent Europe
country1 France
country2 Germany
crossedBy bridges over the Rhine
motorways
railway lines
demilitarizedBy European integration
followsRiver Rhine
formedPartOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front in World War I

Western Front
surface form: Western Front in World War II
hasBorderCrossingType open border
hasBorderRegime Schengen Agreement 1985
surface form: Schengen Agreement
hasHistoricalDisputeOver Alsace-Lorraine
hasSymbolicRoleIn European unity
Franco-German reconciliation
historicallyCentralTo European cultural relations
European politics
Franco-German relations
integratedBy European Coal and Steel Community
European Economic Community
European Union
locatedInRegion Western Europe
partOf Schengen Area
surface form: European Union internal borders

Schengen Area
surface form: Schengen Area internal borders
passesNearCity Basel-Stadt
surface form: Basel

Kehl
Mulhouse
Strasbourg
passesThroughRegion Alsace
Baden-Württemberg
Grand Est
Saarland
separates France
Germany
timeZoneOnBothSides Central European Time
usedToHave fortified frontier sections
wasMilitarizedDuring Cold War

Referenced by (20)

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Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau borderCrosses Franco-German border
Fortified Sector of Haguenau locatedOn Franco-German border
this entity surface form: French–German border
France–Germany–Luxembourg tripoint partOf Franco-German border
this entity surface form: France–Germany border
Lorraine frontierRegionOf Franco-German border
Saint-Louis partOf Franco-German border
this entity surface form: France–Germany border region
Moselle isPartOf Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco-German border region
Rhineland Pact guaranteedBorder Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Germany–France border
French Second Army locationDuringWorldWarII Franco-German border
this entity surface form: French–German border region
EUCOR – The European Campus geographicScope Franco-German border
this entity surface form: France–Germany–Switzerland border region
Battle of Wissembourg front Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco-German frontier in Alsace
Sasbach locatedIn Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Germany–France border region
Ouvrage Soetrich locatedNear Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco–German border
Eurodistrict SaarMoselle borderCrosses Franco-German border
Diedenhofen associatedWith Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco-German borderlands
Forbach borderRegion Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco-German border area
Eurodistrict PAMINA partOf Franco-German border
this entity surface form: Franco-German border region
Strasbourg–Offenburg railway hasBorderCrossing Franco-German border
this entity surface form: France–Germany border
Rhine River Basin crossesPoliticalBoundary Franco-German border
this entity surface form: French–German border
Paris–Stuttgart high-speed service borderCrossing Franco-German border
this entity surface form: France–Germany border