Transit rest area
Transit rest areas were rest areas in the GDR on transit routes (trunk roads and motorways) between the then Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin as well as to neighboring countries ( Poland , Czechoslovakia , states bordering the Baltic Sea by ferry). They were allowed to be used by travelers in transit who were traveling with motor vehicles, including motorcycles, for breaks and for refueling. The GDR authorities did not want the GDR authorities to contact residents of the GDR at the rest stops. For this reason, separate parking spaces were created for buses in transit traffic between West Germany and West Berlin, to which the other users of the motorway had no access.
everyday life
At the transit rest stops, there were Mitropa restaurants, Intershops and Intertank petrol stations where West Germans could pay with D-Mark , foreigners in their local currency. The stays should be carried out quickly, longer ones had to be occupied . In order to limit the establishment of contact between transit travelers and residents of the GDR, to prevent the spread of western print products and also to prevent the escape from the GDR, the transit rest areas were monitored personally and with cameras by employees of the MfS, and if necessary, action was taken. The transit rest areas were sometimes areas that were in contrast to the social orientation of the GDR. In some cases, a separate life developed, e.g. For example, the use of Intershops was sometimes only allowed for transit travelers.
In 1988 two new additional signs were added to the GDR traffic sign catalog. These should also make western tourists aware of ways to pay in foreign currency.
Fig. 486
Intertank
Fig. 487
Intershop
Intertank
In the second half of the 1980s, Intertank offered the following fuels at red and yellow petrol pumps for GDR marks:
- Normal mixture (88 octane)
- Normal without oil (88 octane)
- Extra (94 octane)
- DK (diesel fuel)
In the second half of the 1980s, green and white petrol pumps were sold for German DM:
- Special (91 octane)
- Super (98 octane)
- diesel
from around 1986, especially on the autobahn and the transit road to West Berlin:
- Special lead-free (91 octane)
- Super unleaded (95 octane)
listing
| Place / name | Transit route | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Adorf (Vogtland) | Main road F 92 | |
| Bautzen | Main road F 6 FS | |
| Mountains on Rügen | Main road F 96 FS | |
| Boizenburg | Main road F 5 FS | on the former transit route before the transfer of transit traffic to the new Berlin – Hamburg autobahn, A9, compare the history of Bundesstraße 5 |
| Dallgow | Main road F 5 | |
| Dresden | Main road F 172 | |
| Dippoldiswalde | Main road F 170 FS | |
| Eichelborn | Motorway Eisenach – Dresden A1 | near Erfurt |
| Free hooves | Berlin-Dresden motorway | |
| Friesack | Main road F 5 | |
| Furstenberg | Main road F 96 FS | |
| Fürstenwalde | Motorway Berlin – Frankfurt / Oder A2 | |
| Goerlitz | Main road F 6 FS | |
| Hermsdorf Cross | A3 motorway from Berlin to Nuremberg | |
| Humping | A3 motorway from Berlin to Nuremberg | |
| Skills | Trunk road F 6 | |
| Löbau | Trunk road F 6 | |
| Luebbenau | Autobahn Berlin – Cottbus A5 | |
| Magdeburg | Main road F 71 FS | |
| Magdeburger Börde (near Hohenwarsleben ) | Motorway Berlin – Hanover A4 | Until 1998 it was located at an unfinished motorway triangle, which was started in the 1930s as a junction to today's Magdeburg – Halle / Leipzig motorway not far from Magdeburg, new building a few kilometers to the west |
| Meerane | Motorway Eisenach – Dresden A1 | |
| Michendorf | Autobahn Berliner Ring A6 | |
| Nauen | Main road F 5 | |
| Neubrandenburg | Main road F 104 FS | |
| Neubukow | Main road F 105 FS | |
| Neustrelitz | Main road F 96 FS | |
| Niemegk | A3 motorway from Berlin to Nuremberg | |
| Oranienburg | Main road F 96 | |
| Osterfeld | A3 motorway from Berlin to Nuremberg | |
| Perleberg-Quitzow | Main road F 5 FS | on the former transit route before the transfer of transit traffic to the new Berlin – Hamburg autobahn, A9, compare the history of Bundesstraße 5 |
| Plauen | Main road F 92 | |
| Pomelles | Motorway Berlin – Stettin A7 | |
| Prenzlau | Main road F 198 FS | |
| Rangsdorf | Autobahn Berliner Ring A6 | |
| Rathmannsdorf | Main road F 172 FS | near Bad Schandau |
| Rodaborn | A3 motorway from Berlin to Nuremberg | oldest motorway service station in Germany |
| Röhrsdorf | Motorway Eisenach – Dresden A1 | near Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz ) |
| Rostock | Trunk road F 103 | |
| Rostock | Main road F 105 FS | |
| Rudersdorf | Autobahn Berliner Ring A6 | |
| Saßnitz (Ruegen) | Main road F 96 FS | |
| Stumble | Motorway Berlin – Hamburg A9 | |
| Stralsund | Main road F 105 FS | |
| Teterow | Main road F 108 FS | |
| Usadel | Main road F 96 | motel |
| Walsleben | Motorway Berlin – Hamburg A9 | |
| Werbellinsee ( Finowfurt ) | Motorway Berlin – Stettin A7 | |
| Wilsdruff | Motorway Eisenach – Dresden A1 | |
| Wismar | Main road F 105 FS | |
| Ziesar | Motorway Berlin – Hanover A4 | |
| Zwickau | Motorway Karl-Marx-Stadt-Plauen A8 |
Today's designations:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Inner-German Relations (Ed.): 77 practical tips for visits to and from the GDR and for other contacts here and there . 3rd, updated edition. December 1983
- ^ "History of the Hermsdorf Motorway Police", fourth paragraph
- ↑ Leaflet of the Federal Ministry for domestic German relations for transit travelers, shown on Grenzerinnerungen.de
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Inner-German Relations (Ed.): 77 practical tips for visits to and from the GDR and for other contacts here and there . 3rd, updated edition. December 1983, p. 31.
- ^ Haack Small Atlas: German Democratic Republic: Traffic . VEB Hermann Haack, Geographical-Cartographic Institute Gotha / Leipzig. 5th edition, 1979, p. 13.
- ↑ Back then in the GDR: Everyday life at the transit rest stop. MDR television
- ↑ a b GDR travel card . (Duration 1985–87) Meirs Geographischer Verlag
- ^ Haack Small Atlas: German Democratic Republic: Traffic . VEB Hermann Haack, Geographical-Cartographic Institute Gotha / Leipzig. 5th edition, 1979
- ^ The large VAG Atlas 89/90 . RV travel and transport publisher
- ^ Haack, GDR petrol station cart 1988
- ↑ Rasthof Magdeburg. In: Reichsautobahn.de. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
- ^ Lasse Hinrichs: Rodaborn (A9). In: Spiegel Online . June 12, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
- ↑ motel-usadel.de