Poland–Slovakia border
The Polish-Slovak border is the state border between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Slovakia and is existing formally in the modern form from January 1, 1993, from the moment of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into two independent states. Before the collapse of Czechoslovakia, the current border with Slovakia was part of it and had an almost identical course with minor corrections made in later years. It is 541km long.[1]
Course of the border
The border with Slovakia runs from Jaworzynka Trzycatka through the Zwardońska Pass, Wielka Racza, Wielki Rycea, the Glinka Pass, Pilsko, Babia Góra, Chyżne, crosses the Orava valley, the main ridge of the Tatra Mountains, runs along the Białka valley along the Dunajec Valley, through the Pieniny, the Poprad Valley, through Muszynę, Przełęcz Tylicka, Dukielska and Łupkowska, to the summit Krzemieniec, at Przełęczą Użocka.
History
When the Republic of Slovakia was established on March 14, 1939 (officially independent, but controlled by Nazi Germany), the Polish-Czechoslovak border ceased to exist, which became part of the Polish-Czech border (with the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia), the Polish border. Slovak and Polish-Hungarian border.
The then Polish-Slovak border began running 0.55 kilometers west of the Mały Połom mountain (Trojačka) at 1058m above sea level, then ran east through the Vel mountain. Polom (1067 m above sea level), south of the Jablunkov Pass, north of Czacy and Czarna, then through Wielka Racza, Pilsko, Babia Góra, Chyżne, crossed the Orava valley and the main ridge of the Tatras. Then it ran through the Białka valley along the Dunajec Valley, through the Pieniny Mountains, through the Poprad valley, through Muszynę and ended its course at the top of Czernin (Černina) (929 m above sea level) in the vicinity of Łupków, where the tripartite borders of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary were located. The Polish-Slovak border survived in fact until September 28, 1939 (then it became the German-Soviet border), and formally until 1958, because only on June 13, 1958, the governments of the Polish People's Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic signed an agreement solving border disputes.
2005 correction
Pursuant to an agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic drawn up in Lubovla on July 29, 2002 and ratified in 2005:[2] Near the observation tower on the Dukla Pass in the area of the Polish town of Barwinek and the Slovakian town of Vyšný Komárnik, Slovakia gave up 376 sq m of territory, and Poland handed over territory of the same area (the change was dictated by the inability to restore the common border road to its previous state; built in 1958 to allow Slovak tourists to see the places of fighting. After correction, the border runs the middle of the road) on the Dunajec river in the vicinity of the Polish towns Sromowce Niżne and Sromowce Wyżne and the Slovak towns of Červený Kláštor and Spišská Stará Ves, part of the unnamed island with an area of 2289 m² surrendered to Slovakia, and Slovakia gave way to part of the island of Nokiel with the same area (the change was dictated by the lack of possibility to settle border marks in the right places, due to the shape change of the island).
In the area of the Polish town of Jaworzynka and the Slovakian town of Skalité, Poland withdrew from 304 sq m of territory, and Slovakia withdrew territory of the same area (the change was dictated by the residents' requests - after 1953 a road was crossed there several times across the border, causing many difficulties in access to plots on both sides, now the border runs the middle of the road). In total, Poland has transferred to Slovakia, and vice versa territories with an area of 2969 m² (nearly 0.30 ha).
See also
- Territorial changes of Poland
- Border Guard (Poland)
- Extreme points of Poland
- Geography of Poland
- Poland-Slovakia relations
- Polish border crossings
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