Wartha (Eisenach)
Wartha is a town in the subdivision of Wartha-Göringen which forms part of the independent-city district of Eisenach in Thuringia state, Germany.
Near Wartha was a former major road border crossing on the Inner German border between East and West Germany. The crossing was known as Herleshausen-Wartha, with Herleshausen being the first town across the border in Hesse.
Neighboring municipalities and cities[]
To the west of Wartha is the Hessian town Herleshausen. To the north and the east are the towns of Neuenhof and Hörschel while Göringen in the south.
Gallery[]
Wartha checkpoint in 1960.
Long queues of cars waiting to cross the Wartha border crossing into West Germany on 10 November 1989, a day after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Demolished East German boundary pillar.
An East German visa with a stamp from Wartha from the 1970s.
East German passport stamp from Wartha.
External links[]
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- www.eisenach.de - Official website of the Wartburg Eisenach
Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 10°12′14″E / 50.99583°N 10.20389°E
- Towns in Thuringia
- Inner German border
- Eisenach
- Bezirk Erfurt