GDR border column
The GDR border pillars (also called GDR border posts ) were markings of the state border of the GDR and were first set up on the inner-German border in autumn 1967 .
The location was initially about one meter behind the border line, later they were moved back about 5 to 10 meters to GDR territory. The reason was damage from the West German side.
The border pillars had a sign below the top of the pillar with the state coat of arms of the GDR and the state name. At first it was a question of plastic plaques with a multicolored national coat of arms printed on them. The plastic plaques were later exchanged for relief plaques made of cast aluminum. The pillars had a number plaque on the back.
The columns had a cross-section of 22 cm square and, depending on their location, protruded 180 to 210 cm from the ground. Her weight was about 400 kg. An iron rod 10 to 15 cm long protruded from the top of the column. This was to prevent birds from sitting on the column and staining it. The pillars were painted diagonally from top to bottom in the colors black - red - yellow gold .
A total of 2735 pillars were erected by the frontier troops' pioneers. The column with the number 1 stood at Priwall (Baltic Sea), no. 2735 in the triangle FR Germany - GDR - Czechoslovakia . The numbers were listed on the staff cards of the GDR border troops.
On the pillars on the border with Poland , the number plaque was attached to the front below the state emblem. The color gradient began there after the black tip with golden yellow.
Instead, boundary stones stood on the border with Czechoslovakia (initially with the inscription "D", in the 1980s these were replaced by new ones with the inscription "DDR") after a border survey.
Remaining after 1990
After German reunification, some of the border pillars remained in memory of their places, while most of them were dismantled. At the Polish border, the border pillars were treated with a plastic cover to better protect them against weather conditions.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ description of the boundary pillars www.grenztruppen-der-ddr.de ( Memento of 12 July 2007 at the Internet Archive )