Borders of Poland


The Borders of Poland are 3511 or 3582 kilometers long. The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania and the Russian province of Kaliningrad Oblast to the northeast. To the north, Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea.
Breakdown of border lengths per entity:
  1. Czech Republic–Poland border: 796km or 790km
  2. Poland–Slovakia border: 541km or 539km
  3. Poland–Ukraine border: 535km or 529km
  4. Germany–Poland border: 467km
  5. Belarus–Poland border: 418km or 416km
  6. Poland–Russia border : 210km
  7. Lithuania–Poland border: 104km or 103km
  8. sea : 440km or 528km
The Polish coastline is 770km long.

History

The borders of modern Poland were defined in the aftermath of the Second World War and the establishment of the People's Republic of Poland. They were agreed in the field of international law by the Yalta Agreement of February 11, 1945 and the Potsdam Agreement of August 2, 1945. These agreements generally defined the course of borders, without setting them out in detail. Their specification and then demarcation in the field had to be normalized in bilateral agreements between the states concerned.

Major border crossings

After accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004, border crossings with EU states were made redundant. Infrastructure remains in place, but its systematic use and the controls are no longer allowed by the Schengen agreement.

Former

with Germany
  1. Świnoujście
  2. Kołbaskowo
  3. Kostrzyn nad Odrą
  4. Świecko
  5. Gubin
  6. Olszyna
  7. Zgorzelec
with the Czech Republic
  1. Jakuszyce
  2. Kudowa-Słone
  3. Chałupki
  4. Cieszyn
with Slovakia
  1. Chyżne
  2. Łysa Polana
  3. Jurgów
  4. Barwinek
with Lithuania
  1. Ogrodniki
  2. Budzisko
Historically, Poland also had borders with former countries, or with countries that no longer share a common border with Poland:
with Ukraine
  1. Korczowa
with Belarus
  1. Grodno
with Russia
  1. Grzechotki