Border
The border trace between the two German states in the
2/11 ACR sector ran along the old German boundaries between the former
principalities of Bavaria and Prussia until the very northern end of
sector. Here, the border states changed to Hesse and Prussia. The
Kingdom Stones, as they were called, were very visible, usually
painted blue on the Bavaria side, this was the state distinctive
color. In the northern reach of our sector, the stones were marked
with yellow on the Hessian side. Deeply carved in these markers were
the initials of the states, KB, Kingdom Bavaria and KP, Kingdom
Prussia.
The modern state name for the former region of Prussia along our
sector was Thuringia. This name was adopted after Germany was first
unified into a modern state in 1871. During the Cold War years, to
insure the exact location of the border, joint survey parties determined
the true line and marked it with traditional stone reference point
markers. German newspapers noted the few occasions when the actual
modern survey moved the boundaries five or ten meters in either
direction.
