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Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

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Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

Recommended by 159 hikers out of 165

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Rhön

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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2. Point Alpha Memorial loop from Grüsselbach

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3. View of the Rhön Highlands – Point Alpha Memorial loop from Rasdorf

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Robert von der Haune

August 2, 2021

The dog run was used to cordon off unmanageable areas or aisles. In addition to the rope systems, there were also fenced systems with dogs running freely.

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Michel ✔

April 1, 2024

Dogs were used that could move along 100 to 200 m long sections of a taut steel cable and thus draw attention to movements within their field of vision by barking.
Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundelaufanlage#:~:text=Hundelaufanlagen%20an%20der%20innerdeutschen%20Border,-Merkblatt%20zum%20DDR&text=Es%20werden%20Dogs%20used%2C%20die,mit% 20Barking%20attention%20attention%20could.

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Ol Gott

January 8, 2022

The old border fortifications are fascinating, terrifying and a warning!

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Elevation 410 m

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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Dog Run Facility of the GDR Border Security

1. Point Alpha Memorial – View of the Rhön Highlands loop from Borsch

2. Point Alpha Memorial loop from Grüsselbach

3. View of the Rhön Highlands – Point Alpha Memorial loop from Rasdorf

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