Czech Republic–Germany border

Czech Republic–Germany border
Border stone on Mt. Třístoličník/Dreisesselberg
Characteristics
Entities	Czech Republic Germany
Length	815 km (506 mi)

Border crossing point between Sebnitz, Germany (foreground) and Dolní Poustevna, Czech Republic (background)

Czech–German border (red)

The border between the Czech Republic and Germany (Czech: Česko-německá státní hranice; German: Grenze zwischen Deutschland und Tschechien) is the international border between the Czech Republic and Germany. It forms a 815 kilometres (506 mi) arc extending from the tripoint with Austria at the south to the tripoint with Poland at the north.

Rivers

Several rivers cross this border, or form portions of it. These include:

• Chamb (Czech: Kouba)
• Pfreimd (Czech: Kateřinský potok)
• Wondreb (Czech: Odrava)
• Ohře (German: Eger)
• Mže (German: Mies)
• White Elster (Czech: Bílý Halštrov)
• Natzschung (Czech: Načetinský potok)
• Flöha (Czech: Flájský potok)
• Wild Weißeritz (Czech: Divoká Bystřice)
• Müglitz (Czech: Mohelnice)
• Biela (Czech: Bělá)
• Elbe (Czech: Labe)
• Spree (Czech: Spréva)
• Mandau (Czech: Mandava)
• Lusatian Neisse (Czech: Lužická Nisa, German: Lausitzer Neiße)

History

The border comes from the border of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became the border between the German Empire and the Austrian Empire.

In the period 1945–1990, the West German–Czechoslovak border formed part of the Iron Curtain and was heavily fenced and strictly guarded.

The Czech Republic joined the Schengen Area in 2007. This meant that all passport checks were removed along the border in December 2007. The limitations on Czechs working in Germany expired in April 2011.

See also

• Czechoslovakian border fortifications during the Cold War
• Czech Republic–Germany relations

Further reading

• "Scientists looking for hidden volcano on Czech-German border". Prague Daily Monitor. 12 February 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
• Mastalir, Linda (6 October 2006). "Czech – German border crossing sees increased traffic". Radio Praha. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
• Zich, František (1998). "Germany and the Germans in the Attitudes of People Living on the Czech-German Border" (PDF). Czech Sociological Review. Ústí nad Labem: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
• Asiedu, Dita (30 July 2002). "Can Britain expect to see a new wave of Czech Roma asylum applicants?". Radio Praha. Retrieved 4 October 2008.

External links

• Border lines Germany – Czech Republic (railways)