Czech border crossings to neighboring countries

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Between 1993 and 2007, the Czech Republic maintained border crossings to the neighboring countries of Germany , Austria , Poland and Slovakia . The Czech Republic has been part of the Schengen area since December 21, 2007 and is not located on any external EU border , so that today there are no longer any border crossings at the state borders.

Overview

As the successor state to Czechoslovakia , the Czech Republic took over the border crossings to Germany, Austria and Poland on January 1, 1993. The border crossings to Slovakia were newly built. Since joining the EU on May 1, 2004, the Czech Republic has only been surrounded by other EU member states. Due to the integration into the European internal market and the customs union , no more customs controls have been carried out at the border crossings since joining the EU. Due to the transfer of the Schengen Agreement into the legal framework of the EU in 1999 by a protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam , the Czech Republic's accession to the EU also meant the adoption of the Schengen acquis . The legal regulations were subject to a transition period until December 21, 2007, the expiry of which meant the abolition of border controls at state borders and the abolition of border crossings. At airports, border controls for flights within the Schengen area were abolished on March 30, 2008.

The border lengths to the neighboring countries:

  • Poland - 762 km
  • Slovakia - 252 km
  • Austria - 466 km
  • Germany 810 km

The Interior Ministry publishes the list of border crossings. The currently valid regulation is the notice of the Ministry of the Interior No. 373/2008 Sb., With which the list of border crossings in the event of a temporary reintroduction of border protection at the European internal borders is announced.

The EU Member States also send a list of the border crossing points to the European Commission, which publishes it in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Poland

Poland

Road and path crossings

Border crossing Place in the neighboring state Type of transition to comment
Hrádek nad Nisou Porajów / Zittau * opened after 1989
Harrachov Jakuszyce I / 10 ( E65 ) *
Pomezní Boudy Przelecz Okraj II / 252 * opened after 1989
Královec Lubawka I / 16 * opened after 1989
Starostín Golińsk II / 302 * opened after 1989
Otovice Tłumaczów II / 302 * opened after 1989
Běloves Słone I / 33 ( E67 ) *
Orlické Záhoří Mostowice Street * opened after 1989
Králíky Boboszów I / 43 * opened after 1989
Bílý Potok Paczków I / 60 * opened after 1989
Mikulovice Głuchołazy I / 44 *
Bartultovice Trzebina I / 40 * opened after 1989
Krnov Pietrowice I / 45 * opened after 1989
Sudice Samborowice I / 46 * opened after 1989
Píšť Owsiszcze II / 466 *
Bohumín Chałupki I / 58 *

Railroad crossings

last stop in the Czech Republic first stop in Poland opened abandoned Railway line kilometre comment
Heřmanice Bogatynia (Reichenau) 1900 1945 Zittau – Hermsdorf in Bohemia shut down
Frýdlant v Čechách Zawidów (Seidenberg) 1875 * Liberec – Zawidów today only freight traffic
Jindřichovice pod Smrkem Mirsk (Friedeberg) 1904 1945 Gryfów Śląski – Jindřichovice pod Smrkem shut down
Harrachov Jakuszyce (Jakobsthal) 1902 * Jelenia Góra – Kořenov shut down between 1945 and August 2010
Královec Lubawka ( Liebau ) 1869 * Jaroměř – Lubawka
Meziměstí Mieroszów ( Friedland ) 1877 * Wałbrzych – Meziměstí freight traffic only
Otovice Tłumaczów (Tuntschendorf) 1889 1953 Meziměstí – Ścinawka Średnia shut down
Běloves Słone (Schlaney) 1945 1945 Kłodzko – Kudowa Zdrój provisional connection for military traffic
Lichkov Międzylesie (Mittelwalde) 1875 * Chlumec nad Cidlinou – Międzylesie
Bernartice Dziewiętlice (Heinersdorf) 1896 1945 Lipová Lázně – Dziewiętlice shut down
Vidnava Kałków (Kalkau) 1911 1945 Velká Kraš – Vidnava , Neisser Kreisbahn shut down
Mikulovice Głuchołazy (Goat Neck Bath) 1888 * Hanušovice – Głuchołazy
Jindřichov ve Slezsku Głuchołazy (goat neck) 1875 * Krnov – Głuchołazy
Krnov Głubczyce (Leobschütz) 1873 1945 shut down
Opava Pilszcz (Piltsch) 1904 1945 shut down
Chuchelná Krzanowice (Kranstädt) 1895 1945 shut down
Bohumín Chałupki (Annaberg) 1848 *
Petrovice u Karviné Zebrzydowice (Seibersdorf) 1855 *
Albrechtice Marklowice (Marklowitz) 1914 1931
Český Těšín Cieszyn (Teschen) 1888 *

  • Line between Jakuszyce and Harrachov closed from 1945 to 2010

  • Otovice (2007)

Slovakia

Slovakia

All border crossings were established after January 1, 1993, the date the former Czechoslovakia was divided.

Road and path crossings

Border crossing (without controls) on the D2 motorway near Kúty
Border crossing Place in the neighboring state Type of transition to comment
Mosty u Jablunkova Svrčinovec I / 11 ( E75 ) *
Mosty u Jablunkova-Šance Čadca -Milošová Street *
Bílá Klokočov Street * cars only
Horní Bečva Makov I / 18 ( E442 ) *
Velké Karlovice Makov Street *
Střelná Lysá pod Makytou I / 49 *
Nedašova Lhota Červený Kameň Street * cars only
Brumov-Bylnice Horné Srnie I / 57 * cars only
Starý Hrozenkov Drietoma I / 50 ( E50 ) *
Březová Nová Bošáca Street * cars only
Strání Moravské Lieskové I / 54 * cars only
Velká nad Veličkou Vrbovce Street * cars only
Sudoměřice Skalica Street * cars only
Hodonín Holíč I / 51 * cars only
Lanžhot Brodské Street * cars only
Lanžhot Brodské D 2 ( E65 ) *

Railroad crossings

first stop in Slovakia last stop in the Czech Republic opened abandoned Railway line kilometre comment
Čadca Mosty u Jablunkova ( Jablunkapass ) 1871 Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn
Lúky pod Makytou Horní Lideč ( Lisbon Pass ) 1937 Púchov – Strelenka – Horní Lideč railway line
Horné Srnie Vlárský průsmyk 1888 only passenger traffic
Vrbovce Velká nad Veličkou 1929 Railway line Nové Mesto nad Váhom – Veselí nad Moravou only passenger traffic
Skalica Sudoměřice 1893 Railway line Devínska Nová Ves – Skalica na Slovensku
Holíč Hodonín 1891 December 12, 2004 Railway line Hodonín – Holíč nad Moravou
Kúty Lanžhot 1900 Břeclav – Kúty railway line

Austria

Austria

Road and path crossings

Border crossing Place in the neighboring state Type of transition to comment
Zadní Zvonková Schöneben ( Upper Austria ) Street * restricted vehicle types
Přední Výtoň Guglwald (Upper Austria) Street *
Studánky Weigetschlag (Upper Austria) II / 161 *
Dolní Dvořiště Wullowitz (Upper Austria) I / 3 *
Nové Hrady Pyhrabruck ( Lower Austria ) Street *
České Velenice (2 passes) Gmuend Street (II / 156) *
Halámky New Nagelberg II / 150 *
Chlum u Třeboně Litschau / Schlag (Lower Austria) Street *
Nová Bystřice Gramettes II / 128 *
Slavonice Fratres (Lower Austria) Street *
Hluboká Schaditz Street *
Vratěnín Oberthürnau Street * restricted vehicle types
Stálky Heinrichsreith Street * Tourist transition (since 2006)
Šafov Langau Street *
Podmyče Felling Street * Pedestrians and cyclists
Čížov Hardegg Street * Pedestrian (since 1989)
Hnanice Mitterretzbach -Holy stone II / 413 * Pedestrians and cyclists
Hnanice Mitterretzbach Street *
Hatě Kleinhaugsdorf E59 *
Hevlin Laa an der Thaya II / 415 *
Mikulov Drasenhofen I / 52 - E461 *
Valtice Schrattenberg (Lower Austria) Street *
Poštorná Reintal I / 55 *

* The border controls were discontinued in the course of the Schengen expansion on December 21, 2007 and were reactivated again during the European Football Championship in 2008 .

There are also several border crossings that can only be passed on foot or by bike.

Railroad crossings

Former railway bridge over the Thaya
last stop in the Czech Republic first stop in Austria opened abandoned Railway line kilometre comment
Horní Dvořiště / Oberhaid Summerau (Upper Austria) October 28, 1918 * Summerau Railway 061.097
České Velenice Gmünd Lower Austria (Lower Austria) August 1, 1920 * Franz-Josefs-Bahn 163.100
České Velenice Gmünd Wieden (Lower Austria) August 1, 1920 1950 Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways
České Velenice Gmünd Böhmzeil (Lower Austria) August 1, 1920 1950 Waldviertel narrow-gauge railways
Slavonice Fratres (Lower Austria) October 28, 1918 1945 Thayatalbahn 035,149
Šatov Unterretzbach (Lower Austria) October 28, 1918 * Austrian Northwest Railway 087.660
Novosedly Laa an der Thaya (Lower Austria) 1872 1930 Pulkautalbahn
Hevlin Laa an der Thaya (Lower Austria) October 28, 1918 December 1945 Laaer Ostbahn ~ 84.3
Novosedly-Drnholec Wildendürnbach (Lower Austria) October 28, 1918 April 1945 Northern railway branch line ~ 120.3
Břeclav Bernhardsthal Hst. (Lower Austria) October 28, 1918 * Austrian Northern Railway 077.993

* The border controls were discontinued in the course of the Schengen expansion on December 21, 2007 and were reactivated again during the European Football Championship in 2008.

Germany

Road crossings

Before the Second World War there was a large number of road connections between today's Czech territory and Germany, which, with a few exceptions, were closed in 1945. Until 1967 only the Vojtanov – Schönberg, Cínovec – Zinnwald and Hřensko – Schmilka crossings existed to the territory of the GDR. After the introduction of visa-free travel in 1972, further border crossings were set up.

Border crossing Place in the neighboring state Street opening comment
Strážný Philippsreut I / 4
Železná Ruda Bavarian Eisenstein I / 27 ( E53 )
Česká Kubice Furth in the forest I / 26
Nemanice -Lísková Waldmünchen II / 189
Železná Tillyschanz II / 197
Rozvadov Waidhaus D5 ( E50 ) November 6, 1997
Rozvadov Waidhaus II / 605
Zadní Chodov Mähring II / 201
Pomezí nad Ohří Schirnding I / 6 ( E48 )
Doubrava u Aše Bad Elster III / 2175 January 1, 1995 Small border traffic, bus
Vojtanov Schoenberg I / 21 ( E49 ) until 1990 transition to the GDR
Kraslice Klingenthal II / 210 * January 1, 1995
Potůčky Johanngeorgenstadt * January 1, 1995
Boží Dar Oberwiesenthal I / 25 December 1971 until 1990 transition to the GDR
Vejprty Bear stone II / 219 opened after 1989
Hora Svatého Šebestiána Reitzenhain I / 7 October 6, 1978
Nová Ves v Horách Deutschneudorf opened after 1989
Mníšek German hermit opened after 1989
Moldava Neurehefeld II / 382 * January 1, 1995
Cínovec Altenberg I / 8 2001 Replacement for the Cínovec – Zinnwald crossing
Cínovec Tin forest I / 8 September 6, 1958 until 1990 transition to the GDR, from 2001 only pedestrians and cyclists, public bus
Petrovice Bahratal May 13, 1977 until 1990 transition to the GDR
Krásný Les Breitenau D8 ( E55 ) December 21, 2006
Hřensko Schmilka I / 62 until 1990 transition to the GDR
Dolní Poustevna Sebnitz II / 267
Rožany Sohland * January 1, 1995
Jiříkov Neugersdorf II / 263
Rumburk Neugersdorf I / 9 Spring 1978 Until 1990 truck transition to the GDR , then called Jiříkov – Neugersdorf
Rumburk Seifhennersdorf Street
Varnsdorf Seifhennersdorf II / 265 April 28, 1967 until 1990 transition to the GDR
Varnsdorf Großschönau II / 264
Valy Jonsdorf II / 270 2011
Brandov Grünthal Street * 2015 Passable by car up to 3.5 t
Hranice Ebmath Street December 21, 2007 Passable by car up to 3.5 t

* Opened as a cross-border hiking trail

  • Border crossing Doubrava – Bad Elster

  • Cínovec – Altenberg border crossing

  • Border crossing Dolní Poustevna – Sebnitz

Cross-border hiking trails

The cross-border hiking trails were only relevant for crossing the border until the Czech Republic joined the Schengen Agreement. Since then, the limit according to Article 20 of the Schengen Code can be crossed at any time and at any point.

Cross-border hiking trail opening comment
Hranice - Ebmath January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers, skiers and horse riders
Hranice - Bad Elster January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers, skiers and horse riders
Plesná - Bad Brambach January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers, skiers and horse riders
Luby - Wernitzgrün January 1, 1995 Cyclists and hikers
Bublava - Aschberg January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers and skiers
Jelení - Wildenthal January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers and skiers
Loučná pod Klínovcem - Oberwiesenthal - Cyclists, hikers and skiers
Černý Potok - Jöhstadt - Cyclists and hikers
Kryštofovy Hamry - lard pit - -
Kalek - Rübenau - -
Hora Svaté Kateřiny - Deutschkatharinenberg January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers and skiers
Český Jiřetín - Deutschgeorgenthal January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers, skiers and horse riders
Moldava - wooden house January 1, 1995 Cyclists, hikers and skiers
Fojtovice - Fürstenau January 1, 1995 Hikers
Snežník - Rosenthal January 1, 1995 Hikers and cyclists
Dolní Žleb - Schöna - Hikers and cyclists
Hřensko - Schöna May 7, 1997 Ferry connection
Zadní Doubice - Hinterhermsdorf - Hikers
Mikulášovice - Hinterhermsdorf - Cyclists and hikers
Mikulášovice - Sebnitz (trout bar) - Hikers
Rožany - Sohland on the Spree - -
Jiříkov - Ebersbach / Sa. - -
Dolní Podluží - Herrenwalde - -
Horní Světlá - Waltersdorf March 1, 1996 -
Valy - Jonsdorf January 1, 1995 -
Valy - grove -
Petrovice - Lückendorf January 1, 1995 -
Hrádek nad Nisou - Hartau January 1, 1995 -

  • Cross-border hiking trail at the border triangle Bohemia / Saxony / Bavaria

  • Cross-border hiking trail: the Hřensko – Schöna ferry across the Elbe

  • Cross-border hiking trail Hammermühle - Dubina (Eichelberg)

Shipping lanes

Border crossing Waterway comment
Hřensko - Schmilka Labe / Elbe Commercial shipping, boat travelers

Railroad crossings

Name (border stations) opened abandoned Railway line kilometre comment
Stožec - Haidmühle 1910 1948 Čičenice – Haidmühle 069.715 reduced
Železná Ruda-Alžbětín / Bayerisch Eisenstein 1877 * Železná Ruda – Plzeň 000.000 1953–1992 out of service; only passenger traffic
Česká Kubice - Furth im Wald 1861 * Plzeň – Furth in the forest 184.102
Cheb - Waldsassen 1865 1945 Wiesau-Eger - reduced
Cheb - Schirnding 1883 * Nuremberg – Cheb 140.587
Aš - Selb-Plößberg 1865 - Cheb – Oberkotzau 029.59 since 1996 without traffic; Recommissioning in December 2015
Hranice v Čechách - Adorf (Vogtl) 1906 1945 Aš – Adorf (Vogtl) 016.885 reduced
Vojtanov - Bad Brambach 1865 * Plauen (Vogtl) above Bf – Cheb 051,300
Kraslice - Zwotental 1886 * Sokolov – Klingenthal 027,452 1945–2002 out of service; only passenger traffic
Potůčky - Johanngeorgenstadt 1889 * Karlovy Vary dolní n. – Johanngeorgenstadt 046.2 1948–1992 out of service; only passenger traffic
Vejprty - Cran number 1872 Seasonal traffic from April to September since 2016 Vejprty – Annaberg-Buchholz und Bf 000.583 1945–1992 out of service
Křimov - Reitzenhain 1875 1948 Chomutov – Reitzenhain 035,860 reduced
Moldava - wooden house 1884 1945 Nossen – Moldava 063.12 reduced
Děčín - Bad Schandau 1851 * Děčín hl.n. – Dresden-Neustadt 011.859
Dolní Poustevna - Sebnitz 1905 1945 Rumburk – Sebnitz (Sachs) 026.271 shut down from 1945 to June 15, 2014
Rumburk - Ebersbach (Sachs) 1873 * Bakov nad Jizerou – Ebersbach (Sachs) 097.690 Regular passenger traffic only until 1945 and from 1991 to 2010
Varnsdorf - Seifhennersdorf 1871 * Mittelherwigsdorf – Varnsdorf – Eibau 013,705 Until 2006 only privileged through traffic for German trains on the Großschönau – Seifhennersdorf route (without stops in Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic)
Varnsdorf - Großschönau 1871 * Mittelherwigsdorf – Varnsdorf – Eibau 009,630 Until 1982 only privileged through traffic for Czechoslovak trains on the Hrádek nN – Varnsdorf route (without a stop in the GDR) and until 2006 for German trains on the Großschönau – Seifhennersdorf route (without stops in Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic)
Hrádek nad Nisou - Zittau 1859 * Liberec – Zittau 021.769 until 1977 only privileged through traffic for Czechoslovak trains on the Hrádek nN – Varnsdorf route (without stopping in the GDR); The route is 2.7 km across Polish territory

  • Railway embankment between Waldsassen and Slapany

  • Festive opening of Potůčky – Johanngeorgenstadt on April 17, 1992

  • Disused section between Křimov and Reitzenhain (2007)

  • End of track at Dolní Poustevna before reopening in 2014

literature

  • Saxon State Ministry of the Interior (Ed.): Border crossings in the Free State of Saxony to the Czech Republic and the Republic of Poland . 2nd edition, Dresden 1997.
  • Bernd Kuhlmann: Rails connect Germany and the Czech Republic , Bildverlag Böttger GbR Witzschdorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-937496-80-1

Web links

Commons : Czech border crossings  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Communication from the Ministry of the Interior No. 373/2008 Coll. On the announcement of the list of border crossings and their operational scope in the event of the temporary reintroduction of border protection at internal borders.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Previously, the list in the communications of the Ministry of the Interior No. 396/2006 Sb.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and 1/2003 Sb.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gov.cz  @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gov.cz  
  2. ↑ List of border crossing points according to Article 2 Paragraph 8 of Regulation (EC) No. 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 15, 2006 on a Community code for people crossing borders (Schengen Borders Code). (PDF) Official Journal of the European Union. Row C, 247/25.
  3. ↑ Prokop, Bublan and Gabmann open a new border crossing. Niederösterreichische Landeskorrespondenz (NLK), May 9, 2006, accessed on August 2, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Border crossing point to the ČSSR opened. In: Neue Zeit , December 18, 1971, p. 2
  5. ^ New road border crossing between GDR and ČSSR. In: Neues Deutschland , October 5, 1978, p. 2
  6. ↑ Opening of the Zinnwald border crossing. In: Neues Deutschland, September 5, 1958, p. 2
  7. ↑ New border crossing point to the ČSSR is opened. In: Neues Deutschland, May 10, 1977, p. 2
  8. ↑ Border crossings to the ČSSR are used to varying degrees. In: Neues Deutschland, August 3, 1978, p. 2
  9. ↑ V roce 1967 byl otevřen hraniční přechod do německá