Flächensperren – Höckersperren
English translation: barrier fortifications
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| 3 | area obstacles, ??? |
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| Flächensperren – Höckersperren barrier fortifications Explanation: AUF DIESE WEISE? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2005-01-27 15:46:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- + barricades -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 1 min (2005-01-27 15:48:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The GDR border system was formed by a series of chain-link fences, walls, turrets and mine fields that was in place from 1961 to 1990, and was 1381 km (858 miles) in length, the entire length of the border separating East and West Germany; just as the Berlin Wall separated East and West Berlin. It was known as the \"inner-German border\" or \"German-German border\". The route of the border between the three Western occupation zones and the Soviet Zone was laid down by the victorious powers after the Second World War, and did not change when the two German states were founded after 1949. The GDR’s official name for the border was the \"state border between the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin\". In the FRG, the term Zonengrenze (zone border) was also used. |
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| Flächensperren – Höckersperren area obstacles, ??? Explanation: That is at least what this link called them. For the Höckersperren, you might want to look into barrier walls, or bollards (see the second link) because of Höcker being a bump or protuberance. Good luck. Reference: http://www.tiems.de/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=terms&e... Reference: http://www.govsupply.com/Products/VehicleBarriers/Bollards.c... |
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| Flächensperren – Höckersperren dragons teeth Explanation: I don't know what Flächensperren are but Höckersperren seem to be called dragons teeth. Don't ask me about the apostrophe. (Search "dragons teeth defence" in Google and you'll get all permutations.) Reference: http://www.shepheard.plus.com/atlanticwall/ |
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| Flächensperren – Höckersperren Some reference material Explanation: This description might help in the translation: H: Flächensperren, auch Stalin Rasen genannt, sperrten besonders schwer zu sichernde Geländeabschnitte. Sie lagen bevorzugt in Uferbereichen und hinter Grundstücksmauern. Sprang ein Flüchtling von einem grenznahen Haus über den Grenzzaun, ohne den Stalin Rasen zu sehen, bohrten sich cm-lange Stahlnadeln in die Gliedmassen des Opfers. I: Höckersperren dienten dazu, "Grenzverletzer" in besser überwachtes Grenzgebiet umzuleiten und um ehemalige Straßen, Brücken oder Zugverbindungen zu blockieren. And here's a link to a picture of what Höckersperren look like: http://7grad.org/Exkursionen/Westwall/Hoeckersperre/hoeckers... I would translate this as "anti-tank barricades/obstacles" and Flächensperren as "barricaded area." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 1 min (2005-01-27 16:47:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or like this: a large area of 38,000 steel-needle obstacles... or the like -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 13 mins (2005-01-27 17:00:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note added after Nick\'s posting... \"anti-tank blocks\", my final take on Höckersperren. |
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