Probstzella


Probstzella is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany.

History

Between 1945 and 1990 Probstzella station served as East German inner German border crossing for rail transport. The crossing was open for trains travelling between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany or West Berlin on the one hand, and the American zone of occupation, thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany, on the other. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement.

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