Hungary–Austria border

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The Hungary–Austria border is a historically significant Central European frontier that once formed part of the Cold War divide between the communist Eastern Bloc and the Western world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
adjacentToCity Eisenstadt
Kőszeg
linked to: Sopron

Sopron
Szombathely
linked to: Sopron

Vienna
borderRegimeLiberalized 2 May 1989
borderType land border
continent Europe
countryOnSide1 Hungary
countryOnSide2 Austria
crossesRegion Burgenland
Western Transdanubia
currencyOnAustrianSide euro
currencyOnHungarianSide forint
establishedBy Treaty of Trianon
establishedInCurrentForm 1920
formerPoliticalRole Cold War divide between Eastern Bloc and Western Europe
linked to: Cold War

Iron Curtain boundary
linked to: Iron Curtain
governedByAgreement EU acquis on external borders prior to Schengen entry
Schengen Agreement
linked to: Schengen Area
hadBorderFence Iron Curtain fortifications
linked to: Berlin Wall
hasBorderCrossing Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing
Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing
Nickelsdorf–Hegyeshalom border crossing
hasCustomsUnionContext European Union customs union
hasMemorial Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park
hasMotorwayCrossing M1 motorway–A4 motorway connection
hasTransportCorridor Vienna–Budapest railway line
historicalContext Soviet sphere of influence vs Western bloc division
post-World War I border settlement
languageOnAustrianSide German
languageOnHungarianSide Hungarian
linked to: Hungarian language
length approximately 366 kilometres
locatedIn Central Europe
memberStateSide1 European Union
memberStateSide2 European Union
notableEvent Pan-European Picnic
notableEventDate 19 August 1989
notableEventRole early opening in the fall of the Iron Curtain
partOf Schengen Area internal borders
linked to: Schengen Area
passesNearLake Fertő Lake
linked to: Lake Neusiedl

Lake Neusiedl
schengenControlsAbolished 21 December 2007
securityBarrierRemoved 1989
usedToRestrictEmigrationFrom Hungary during communist era
usedToRestrictEmigrationTo Austria during communist era
wasMilitarized during the Cold War

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Iron Curtain included Hungary–Austria border
Hungary–Austria border hasBorderCrossing Nickelsdorf–Hegyeshalom border crossing
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Hungary–Austria border hasBorderCrossing Klingenbach–Sopron border crossing
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Heiligenkreuz–Rábafüzes border crossing partOf Austria–Hungary border
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park locatedNear Hungary–Austria border
Pan-European Picnic location Hungarian–Austrian border
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Vienna–Budapest railway line borderCrossing Austria–Hungary border
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Sopron locatedOn Hungary–Austria border region
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Austria–Hungary border
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Rust (Burgenland) locatedNear Austrian–Hungarian border
subject linked to: Rust
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Jennersdorf borderRegion Austria–Hungary border region
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal locatedOn Austrian–Hungarian border
linked to: Hungary–Austria border
A4 motorway (Austria) endPoint Hungarian border near Nickelsdorf
linked to: Hungary–Austria border