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Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains

Landkreis Harz

Oberharz am Brocken

Border Gate at the Harz Open-Air Museum

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Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains

Landkreis Harz

Oberharz am Brocken

Border Gate at the Harz Open-Air Museum

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Border Gate at the Harz Open-Air Museum

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    Location: Oberharz am Brocken, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    September 13, 2025

    This relic is the border signal fence (here the modified version with a lane gate, built at great expense in the early 1980s). Due to topographical reasons, it stood at varying distances from the actual border fence. Typically, the control strip, patrol road, and border towers were located between the two fences.

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      Location: Oberharz am Brocken, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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