Austria–Germany border


The Austria–Germany border has a length of or in the south of Germany and the north of Austria in central Europe. It is the longest border of both Austria and Germany with another country.

Route

The border runs roughly from east to west. The eastern point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, at, near the village of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald. The western point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, at approximately, in Lake Constance.
The border is long, but a straight line between the endpoints is long.
Besides Lake Constance, the border does not pass through any significant body of water, but it follows the Inn and Danube rivers along the eastern part.
The Austrian states of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Upper Austria run along the international border, as does the German state of Bavaria.

Tripoints

The eastern point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, at, near the villages of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald and Bayerischer Plöckenstein.
The western point is located at the border tripoint of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, at approximately, in Lake Constance.

International bodies of water

Lakes

The border was confirmed in a treaty between the countries in 1972, after having been defined by a number of agreements between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria in the 19th century. In 1938 the countries merged through the Anschluss. This was reverted in 1955 by the Austrian State Treaty, which re-established Austria as a sovereign state. The Schengen Area removed border controls at the border in 1997. Temporary border controls were reinstalled in 2015 in response to the European migrant crisis. These temporary border controls are scheduled to be removed on 12 May 2020, although they are liable to be extended in six-month periods.