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West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

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West-Eastern Gate (WestÖstliches Tor)

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    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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      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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        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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          Location: Wehnde, Landkreis Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany

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