Federal Border Guard

E883396

The Federal Border Guard was the former name of Germany’s federal police force responsible for border security and certain national security tasks before being restructured and renamed the Federal Police.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Federal Border Guard canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border guard
federal law enforcement agency
cooperatedWith NATO and allied border authorities NERFINISHED
customs authorities of Germany NERFINISHED
state police forces of Germany
country Germany NERFINISHED
dateOfRenaming 1 July 2005
dissolved 2005
distinctFrom German Customs Service NERFINISHED
state (Länder) police forces NERFINISHED
employerOf federal police officers
GSG 9Role counter-terrorism
hadSpecialUnit GSG 9 NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation BGS NERFINISHED
hasDutyStation German airports
German federal railway network
German land borders
German seaports
headquartersLocation Bonn NERFINISHED
later Berlin
historicalContext Cold War era security force
founded in early years of Federal Republic of Germany
inception 1951
jurisdiction federal government of Germany NERFINISHED
languageOfName German
legalBasis Federal Border Guard Act NERFINISHED
mandateChange expanded from border guard to broader federal police tasks
notableEvent reform and demilitarization over time
officialName Bundesgrenzschutz NERFINISHED
operatedBy Federal Ministry of the Interior of Germany NERFINISHED
organizationalChange shift from paramilitary structure to civilian police structure
partOf German federal security architecture
primaryRole aviation security
border security
protection of federal buildings
railway policing
support to other security agencies in national emergencies
renamedAs Bundespolizei NERFINISHED
Federal Police NERFINISHED
reorganizedAs Federal Police of Germany NERFINISHED
responsibleFor border checks at external Schengen borders of Germany (before Schengen implementation and reforms)
protection of certain federal constitutional organs
shortName BGS NERFINISHED
successor Federal Police of Germany NERFINISHED
translatedName Federal Border Guard NERFINISHED
typeOfLawEnforcement uniformed police
usedEquipment armored vehicles (in earlier decades)
light infantry weapons

Referenced by (1)

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