Czech Republic–Germany border

Border crossing point between Sebnitz, Germany (foreground) and Dolní Poustevna, Czech Republic (background)

Border stone on the mount Třístoličník/Dreisesselberg

The Czech Republic–Germany border is the international border between the Czech Republic and Germany. It forms a 646 kilometres (401 mi)^[1] arc extending from Austria at the south to Poland at the north.

Rivers

Several rivers cross this border, or form portions of it. These include:

• Chamb (Czech: Kouba)
• Pfreimd
• Wondreb (Czech: Odrava
• Ohře (German: Eger)
• Regnitz
• Weisse Elster (Czech: Bílý Halštrof)
• Načetinský
• Floha (Czech: Flájský)
• Wilde Weißeritz (Czech: Divoká Bystřice)
• Müglitz (Czech: Mohelnice)
• Biela
• Elbe (Czech: Labe)
• Spree (Czech: Spréva)
• Mandau (Czech: Mandava)
• Lausitzer Neiße (Czech: Lužická Nisa)

Notes

1. ^ "CIA - The World Factbook -- Germany". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. updated October 2, 2008. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 

Further reading

• "Scientists looking for hidden volcano on Czech-German border". Prague Daily Monitor. February 12, 2007. http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/21/life_in_the_czech_republic/1045/. Retrieved 2008-10-04. ^{[dead link]}
• Mastalir, Linda (October 6, 2006). "Czech - German border crossing sees increased traffic". Radio Praha. http://www.radio.cz/en/news/79968#4. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
• Zich, František (1998). "Germany and the Germans in the Attitudes of People Living on the Czech-German Border". Czech Sociological Review. Ústí nad Labem: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. http://sreview.soc.cas.cz/upl/archiv/files/420_241ZICH.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-04. ^{[dead link]}
• Asiedu, Dita (July 30, 2002). "Can Britain expect to see a new wave of Czech Roma asylum applicants?". Radio Praha. http://www.radio.cz/en/article/30765. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 

See also

• Czechoslovakian border fortifications during the Cold War

External links

• Border lines Germany - Czech Republic (railways)