Garz (Usedom)
Encyclopedia
Garz (ˈɡaʁts) is a small municipality on the island of Usedom
in the Vorpommern-Greifswald
landkreis in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Adjacent to the town is the regional Heringsdorf Airport
, before border controls between Poland and Germany were abolished in 2007 in accordance with the Schengen agreement
a border checkpoint
with Świnoujście
restricted to pedestrian/bicycle/bus traffic existed briefly.
Usedom
Usedom is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the River Oder in Pomerania...
in the Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg...
landkreis in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Adjacent to the town is the regional Heringsdorf Airport
Heringsdorf Airport
Heringsdorf Airport is a regional airport located near Garz on the island of Usedom in Germany. It takes its name from the nearby municipality of Heringsdorf, located some 10 km to the north. The largest town on the island is Świnoujście , located in Poland, immediately to the east of the...
, before border controls between Poland and Germany were abolished in 2007 in accordance with the Schengen agreement
Schengen Agreement
The Schengen Agreement is a treaty signed on 14 June 1985 near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg, between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community. It was supplemented by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement 5 years later...
a border checkpoint
Border checkpoint
A border checkpoint is a place, generally between two countries, where travellers and/or goods are inspected. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders often have a limited number of checkpoints where they can be crossed without legal...
with Świnoujście
Swinoujscie
Świnoujście is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. It is situated mainly on the islands of Uznam and Wolin, but also occupies smaller islands, of which the largest is Karsibór island, once part of Usedom, now separated by a Piast...
restricted to pedestrian/bicycle/bus traffic existed briefly.