AustriaBurgenland 9 · Burgenland · History of your federal state
What happened on 19 August 1989 at the “Pan-European Picnic” (Paneuropäisches Picknick) on the border between Sopron (Ödenburg) and St. Margarethen in Burgenland?
In the exam (German)
Was geschah am 19. August 1989 beim „Paneuropäischen Picknick“ an der Grenze zwischen Sopron (Ödenburg) und St. Margarethen im Burgenland?
- aHundreds of East German citizens escaped to Austria through a border gate that was opened for a short time.Hunderte Bürgerinnen und Bürger der DDR flohen durch ein kurz geöffnetes Grenztor nach Österreich.Correct answer
- bRepresentatives of Austria and Hungary signed a treaty there on the exact line of the Burgenland border.Vertreter Österreichs und Ungarns unterschrieben dort einen Vertrag über den genauen Verlauf der burgenländischen Grenze.
- cAt a meeting on the border, Austria signed the treaty on its accession to the European Union.Österreich unterschrieb bei einem Treffen an der Grenze den Vertrag über seinen Beitritt zur Europäischen Union.
- dHungary closed its border with Austria with a new fence and let nobody cross any more.Ungarn schloss die Grenze zu Österreich mit einem neuen Zaun und ließ niemanden mehr hinüber.
Why?
At this event on the Hungarian side of the border, a border gate was opened for a short time, and several hundred citizens of East Germany (the GDR, in German DDR) escaped to St. Margarethen in Austria. The event is seen as an important step towards the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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