Hungary–Austria border

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
adjacentToCity Eisenstadt
Sopron
surface form: Kőszeg

Sopron
Sopron
surface form: 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
surface form: Cold War divide between Eastern Bloc and Western Europe

Iron Curtain
surface form: Iron Curtain boundary
governedByAgreement Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
surface form: EU acquis on external borders prior to Schengen entry

Schengen Area
surface form: Schengen Agreement
hadBorderFence Berlin Wall
surface form: Iron Curtain fortifications
hasBorderCrossing Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing
Hungary–Austria border self-linksurface differs
surface form: Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing

Hungary–Austria border self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 language
surface form: 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
surface form: Schengen Area internal borders
passesNearLake Lake Neusiedl
surface form: 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

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Iron Curtain included Hungary–Austria border
Hungary–Austria border hasBorderCrossing Hungary–Austria border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nickelsdorf–Hegyeshalom border crossing
Hungary–Austria border hasBorderCrossing Hungary–Austria border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing
Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing partOf Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Austria–Hungary border
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park locatedNear Hungary–Austria border
Pan-European Picnic location Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Hungarian–Austrian border
Vienna–Budapest railway line borderCrossing Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Austria–Hungary border
Sopron locatedOn Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Hungary–Austria border region
NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Austria–Hungary border
Rust locatedNear Hungary–Austria border
subject surface form: Rust (Burgenland)
this entity surface form: Austrian–Hungarian border
Jennersdorf borderRegion Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Austria–Hungary border region
Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal locatedOn Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Austrian–Hungarian border
A4 motorway (Austria) endPoint Hungary–Austria border
this entity surface form: Hungarian border near Nickelsdorf