Schweickershausen border monument
The border monument near Schweickershausen covers part of the former inner-German border . It is located in the former border section 46. The monument area was placed under state monument protection in 2006 as a ground monument of the Free State of Thuringia . The monument complex near Schweickershausen can be reached via the route of the Adventure Route of German Unity .
description
Essentially, the Kolonnenweg, the six-meter-wide forensics strip, a car-lined with concrete slabs barrier ditch and parts of the three-meter-high fence system are preserved. The border structure and the objectives of the GDR border graduation from 1961 onwards can still be reproduced very authentically by means of the listed border facility near Schweickershausen.
History of origin
At the state border near Schweickershausen, remnants of the former state border of the GDR were forgotten during the clearance work in the 1990s. After a long “deep sleep”, the Erhard family rediscovered these significant monuments of the history of the division of Germany in the course of their monument research . After consultation and approval of the landowner, the Thuringian Forest, the entire complex was renovated and the monument authorities submitted to the protection status. Today the border monument near Schweickershausen is one of the few ground monuments with a factual and spatial reference to the former inner-German border. The sponsorship lies with the German Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Science, Education and Culture eV
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Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 26.8 ″ N , 10 ° 37 ′ 24 ″ E