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The most famous crossing came on 19 August, when, during the Pan-European Picnic between Austrians and Hungarians, over 900 East Germans on holiday in Hungary rushed the border and escaped into Austria and then travelled safely to West Germany.
In May 1989, Hegyeshalom became one of the many sites of the fall of the Iron Curtain when Hungarian border guards tore down sections of barbed wire fences that separated Hungary and Austria. [3] Until 21 December 2007, at 00:00 CET, Hegyeshalom was an important border crossing and control point between Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
The border crossing where the Pan-European picnic took place. Otto von Habsburg, who was a key figure in the event.. The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989.
Hungary - Romania. As of 2023, 5 border crossings are operating, all of which have passenger traffic. Abandoned track near Zajta. Railway lines in Bácska and Banat (1920) Note that all of these railway lines were built in Austria-Hungary and became border crossings after the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. Zajta - Peleș (1898-1920, 1940-1945 ...
Pages in category "Austria–Hungary border crossings". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
S. Hungary–Serbia border crossings (8 P) Hungary–Slovakia border crossings (2 C, 11 P) Hungary–Slovenia border crossings (3 P)
At a border crossing in Sahy, Slovakia — a 90-kilometer (55-mile) drive north of Hungary's capital, Budapest — two Slovakian police flagged down vehicles Thursday to conduct inspections.
On August 19, 1989, Sopron was the site of the Pan-European Picnic, a protest on the border between Austria and Hungary, which was used by over 600 citizens of East Germany to escape to the West. As the first successful crossing of the border, it helped pave the way for the mass flight of East German citizens that led to the fall of the Berlin ...