The place where the Iron Curtain was first torn on 19.08.89.

Sopron, Hungary (HU)

The venue of the so-called Pan-European Picnic held on 19 August 1989 near Sopron, Hungary where dozens of East-Germans could first freely cross the border to the West.

The place where the Iron Curtain was first torn on 19.08.89.

Sopron, Hungary (HU)

The venue of the so-called Pan-European Picnic held on 19 August 1989 near Sopron, Hungary where dozens of East-Germans could first freely cross the border to the West.

Historical
Links: en.wikipedia.org, www.youtube.com
By: hhgygy

Nearby:

Memorial to the 'Pan-European Picnic'

Fertőrákos where the Iron curtain was cut down

International Border Crossing HU-AU

Pair of compasses in roundabout

Border marking island on Neusiedlersee - Fertő-tó between Austria and Hungary

Káposztás utca

Armenian-Hungarian friendship monument

Firewatch tower

Over-100-year-old clock tower in a roundabout

University of West Hungary

Winepress in roundabout

Albino donkeys grazing

Comments

Dania

@ 2011-10-30 23:51:58

The site where the Iron Curtain first fell was 6 km to the east. where Austria's then foreign minister Alois Mock and his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn had together cut through the border fence.