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West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

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West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

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Location: Wehnde, Landkreis Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Duderstadt Town Hall – Marktstraße loop from Duderstadt

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2. Eichsfeld Borderland Museum – West-East Gate loop from Teistungen

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3. Lindenberg – West-East Gate loop from Gerblingerode

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Gabi

October 24, 2023

On the Kutschenberg there is a group of trees directly on the former inner German border. Hence the name: WestEastern Gate. It is formed by two 12 meter high oak trunks, which are connected at the bottom to a stainless steel threshold.
They are framed by 66 red oaks. Over time, these are supposed to grow over the oak trunks to symbolize the growing together of West and East.
The WestEast Gate was opened in June 2002 by former Soviet head of state M. Gorbachev.

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Pascal 🌲⛰️

October 24, 2023

The West-Eastern Gate on what is now the Green Belt (then the inner-German border), inaugurated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 2002, was created by the artists Anka Förster and Robert Schätzle.

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Christian

October 25, 2021

The two oak trunks symbolize an open gate, which, located directly on the green ribbon, is synonymous with the open border and that West and East grow together.

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Elevation 250 m

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Location: Wehnde, Landkreis Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany

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West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

1. Duderstadt Town Hall – Marktstraße loop from Duderstadt

2. Eichsfeld Borderland Museum – West-East Gate loop from Teistungen

3. Lindenberg – West-East Gate loop from Gerblingerode

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