inner German border

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Cold War border border international border

The inner German border was the heavily fortified frontier that separated East and West Germany during the Cold War, symbolizing the division of Europe.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Inner German border 3
Inner German border (around West Berlin) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War border ⓘ
border ⓘ
international border ⓘ
abolished 1989 ⓘ
borderRegime shoot-to-kill order for escapees ⓘ
constructedBy East German authorities ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
controlledBy East Germany ⓘ
countryBorder East Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
currentUse Green Belt conservation area in parts ⓘ
demarcationLineBetween NATO ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
endPoint Czechoslovakia–West Germany border ⓘ
surface form: Czechoslovak border
hasPart anti-vehicle trenches ⓘ
barbed wire ⓘ
border fortifications ⓘ
control strips ⓘ
fences ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
patrol roads ⓘ
restricted zones ⓘ
signal fences ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
heritageStatus memorial sites along former border ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
length approximately 1,393 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
notableSection border between Bavaria and Thuringia ⓘ
border between Hesse and Thuringia ⓘ
border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
oppositeSideControlledBy West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

West Germany ⓘ
partOf Iron Curtain ⓘ
primaryFunction control cross-border movement ⓘ
prevent emigration from East Germany ⓘ
relatedEvent German reunification ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
relatedTo Berlin Wall ⓘ
separated East Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
significantEvent closure and fortification in 1952 ⓘ
construction of Berlin Wall in 1961 as related measure ⓘ
startPoint Baltic Sea ⓘ
successor open internal German border after reunification ⓘ
symbolized division of Europe ⓘ
division of Germany ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Germany → hadBorderFortifications → inner German border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inner German border
British sector of Berlin → hasBorder → inner German border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inner German border (around West Berlin)
Iron Curtain → included → inner German border ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall → locatedOn → inner German border ⓘ
Berlin Wall → partOf → inner German border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inner German border
Bornholmer Strasse crossing → partOf → inner German border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inner German border