Inner German border
Border separating East and West Germany, 1949–1990
Inner German border
The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze, lit. 'zonal boundary') was the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. It ran north–south in a 1,381-kilometre-long (858 mi) irregular L-shaped line from Dassow at the Baltic Sea to Eichigt at the border with Czechoslovakia. The better-known Berlin Wall was a physically separate, less elaborate, and much shorter border barrier surrounding West Berlin, more than 170 kilometres (110 mi) to the east of the inner German border. The inner German border was formally established by the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945 as the boundary between the Western and Soviet occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany. On the Eastern side, it was made one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, defined by a continuous line of high metal fences and walls, barbed wire, alarms, anti-vehicle...
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