Wanfried agreement


The Wanfried Agreement (German: Wanfrieder Abkommen) concerned a transfer of territory between the U.S. and Soviet occupation zones after World War II in Hesse, Germany, which took place after the determination of the main inner German border at the end of July 1945.
In the U.S. zone the Bebra–Göttingen railway line, which linked with lines to the cities of Bremen, Hannover and Bebra cut across a small (~ 3 km / 2 mi) portion of the Soviet zone near Neuseesen and Werleshausen (Thuringia). This situation caused disruptions of traffic on the line, which was important to the U.S. as a link between its occupation zone in southern Germany and a small U.S.-controlled exclave at the port of Bremerhaven on the North Sea.
References
- "The Whisky-Vodka Line". Cold War. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- "United Nations Treaty Series Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations. United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Agreement (with annexed map) relating to boundary changes between the United States and the Soviet zones of occupation in Germany. Signed at Wanfried, on 17 September 1945" (PDF). United Nations Treaty Collection. 1956. pp. 357–363. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.