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Postal code. 9222. Area code. (+36) 96. Motorways. M1, M15. Distance from Budapest. 171 km (106 mi) Northwest. Hegyeshalom (Hungarian: [ˈhɛɟɛʃhɒlom]; German: Straß-Sommerein) is a village of roughly 3750 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15 km from the border with Slovakia.
The removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria occurred in 1989 during the end of communism in Hungary, which was part of a broad wave of revolutions in various communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The border was still closely guarded and the Hungarian security forces tried to hold back refugees.
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 ...
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.
Lake Balaton 592 km 2. Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a landlocked country in southeastern Central Europe, [ 1 ] bordering the Balkans. [ 2 ] Situated in the Pannonian Basin, it has a land area of 93,030 square km, measuring about 250 km from north to south and 524 km from east to west. It has 2,106 km of boundaries, shared with Slovakia ...
S. Hungary–Serbia border crossings (8 P) Hungary–Slovakia border crossings (2 C, 11 P) Hungary–Slovenia border crossings (3 P)
Pages in category "Austria–Hungary border crossings". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Most separate segments of land borders between any two countries or territories: Belgium – Netherlands: 31 [m] Armenia – Azerbaijan: 6 [g] Belgium – Germany: 6 [l] Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan: 6. Cyprus – Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK): 6 [t] Oman – United Arab Emirates: 4. Highest number of bordering countries: