Gerstungen

Gerstungen
Gerstungen
Location of Gerstungen within Wartburgkreis district
Coordinates	50°57′45″N 10°3′35″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Wartburgkreis
Mayor	Werner Hartung
Basic statistics
Area	75.51 km2 (29.15 sq mi)
Elevation	205 m  (673 ft)
Population	6,003 (31 December 2011)
- Density	79 /km2 (206 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WAK
Postal code	99834
Area code	036922
Website	www.gerstungen.de

Gerstungen is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany.

History

A new border crossing for pedestrians across the Inner German border linking Lauchröden in Gerstungen municipality, and Herleshausen. This temporary bridge was built immediately after the reopening of the border at the site of an old bridge across the Werra which was destroyed in the Second World War. Here, visitors are queueing to enter East Germany on 23 December 1989.

Between 1945 and 1990 Gerstungen served as East German inner German border crossing on the Thuringian Railway. The crossing was open for trains travelling between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the American zone of occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).