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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Former Inner German Border at Birx-Seifertser Landstraße

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Former Inner German Border at Birx-Seifertser Landstraße

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Former Inner German Border at Birx-Seifertser Landstraße

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Wolff on Tour

March 3, 2020

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Actually only a sign ... but if you think about what madness is hidden behind it ... good that it's over!

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 6, 2021

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„Die Freiheit, die eigene Heimat kennenzulernen, ist nicht zu toppen.“ Das sagt Jens Graf heute rückblickend zur Grenzöffnung vor 30 Jahren. Der 51-jährige lebt in Birx in der Rhön, direkt …

Frank Rmr

October 5, 2021

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The Birx-Seifertser Landstrasse seems inconspicuous today. And yet there was an insurmountable border here in the decades of German-German division, closely guarded by the GDR border troops. The owners of the Birxer Mühle were forcibly relocated and the buildings had to give way to the border regime.

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Elevation 710 m

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