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The Kolonnenweg

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Wurzbach

The Kolonnenweg

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Location: Wurzbach, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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2. Grumbach Raft Pond – Meiler Hohe Tanne Shelter loop from Titschendorf

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3. Titschendorf Mill Rest Area – Bench on the Kolonnenweg loop from Grumbach

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Sebastian Kowalke

May 15, 2019

It is impressive how the concrete slabs of the old GDR border patrol seem to stretch endlessly over the hilly landscape between Thuringia and Bavaria.

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Thomas 🏞🚶🏼‍♂️🍺

May 28, 2020

The Kolonnenweg is part of the inner-German border installations on the part of the former GDR. It's made from unitary, highly weather-resistant perforated panels (concrete pathway panels), most of which have plants growing through them and are pretty much firmly attached to the ground. The patrol route in the death strip of the Berlin Wall was paved.[1][2]

In contrast to the rest of the border system, the Kolonnenweg is still largely intact decades after the end of the GDR and today serves as a hiking and cycling path along the former border, although moving on the uneven surface due to the concrete cavities being washed out is sometimes very difficult. In GDR times, it was used by the GDR border troops to reach every point on the border as quickly as possible with vehicles. The control strip and the border fence or border wall were still located between the patrol route and the actual border.

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Klaaner

January 13, 2021

Always great for sledding in winter.

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Distance 699 m

Downhill 40 m

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Location: Wurzbach, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

The Kolonnenweg

1. The Nordhalbener Wiesen-Panorama-Weg - hiking along the Green Belt

2. Grumbach Raft Pond – Meiler Hohe Tanne Shelter loop from Titschendorf

3. Titschendorf Mill Rest Area – Bench on the Kolonnenweg loop from Grumbach

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