Hungary–Austria border

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international border state border

The Hungary–Austria border is a historically significant Central European frontier that once formed part of the Cold War divide between the communist Eastern Bloc and the Western world.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border → state border →
adjacentToCity	Eisenstadt → Kőszeg → Sopron → Szombathely → Vienna →
borderRegimeLiberalized	2 May 1989 →
borderType	land border →
continent	Europe →
countryOnSide1	Hungary →
countryOnSide2	Austria →
crossesRegion	Burgenland → Western Transdanubia →
currencyOnAustrianSide	euro →
currencyOnHungarianSide	forint →
establishedBy	Treaty of Trianon →
establishedInCurrentForm	1920 →
formerPoliticalRole	Cold War divide between Eastern Bloc and Western Europe → Iron Curtain boundary →
governedByAgreement	EU acquis on external borders prior to Schengen entry → Schengen Agreement →
hadBorderFence	Iron Curtain fortifications →
hasBorderCrossing	Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing → Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing → Nickelsdorf–Hegyeshalom border crossing →
hasCustomsUnionContext	European Union customs union →
hasMemorial	Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park →
hasMotorwayCrossing	M1 motorway–A4 motorway connection →
hasTransportCorridor	Vienna–Budapest railway line →
historicalContext	Soviet sphere of influence vs Western bloc division → post-World War I border settlement →
languageOnAustrianSide	German →
languageOnHungarianSide	Hungarian →
length	approximately 366 kilometres →
locatedIn	Central Europe →
memberStateSide1	European Union →
memberStateSide2	European Union →
notableEvent	Pan-European Picnic →
notableEventDate	19 August 1989 →
notableEventRole	early opening in the fall of the Iron Curtain →
partOf	Schengen Area internal borders →
passesNearLake	Fertő Lake → Lake Neusiedl →
schengenControlsAbolished	21 December 2007 →
securityBarrierRemoved	1989 →
usedToRestrictEmigrationFrom	Hungary during communist era →
usedToRestrictEmigrationTo	Austria during communist era →
wasMilitarized	during the Cold War →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hungary–Austria border ("Nickelsdorf–Hegyeshalom border crossing") → Hungary–Austria border ("Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing") →	hasBorderCrossing
Vienna–Budapest railway line ("Austria–Hungary border") →	borderCrossing
Iron Curtain →	included
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park →	locatedNear
Sopron ("Hungary–Austria border region") →	locatedOn
Pan-European Picnic ("Hungarian–Austrian border") →	location
Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing ("Austria–Hungary border") →	partOf