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5: CASE STUDY 2: THE CZECH/AUSTRIAN BORDER<br />

Ref.<br />

No.<br />

Description Comment Figure<br />

1 Šafov border guard<br />

station<br />

Part of the 3.rPS Znojemská brigade.<br />

Still holds part of its original fencing.<br />

Buildings in varying degree of decay.<br />

76<br />

2 Remains of gate Formerly located across former access<br />

road.<br />

3 Former road to Felling<br />

(Austria)<br />

4 Hajenka border guard<br />

station, officially<br />

referred to as 4bPS.<br />

5 Electricity transformer<br />

along the former fence<br />

line.<br />

6 Storage facility built<br />

into the ground.<br />

This former road to Austria was cut off<br />

by the Iron Curtain after World War II<br />

and could not be crossed.<br />

Now used by the park administration.<br />

Still fenced off with original border<br />

fencing. Buildings in varying degree of<br />

decay.<br />

No longer connected to anything.<br />

Storage facility of unknown origin.<br />

Likely to pre-date WWII.<br />

75, 79, 80<br />

7 Felicia’s Well Built in honour of Countess Felicia in<br />

1806. Used by border guards for target<br />

practice and was much deteriorated<br />

when it was restored in 2001.<br />

61<br />

8 Hunting Lodge Built in the 19 th century. Refurbished<br />

in the early 21 st century.<br />

9 Vranov Castle Castle built in 1100 and since<br />

refurbished and rebuilt during<br />

different periods. Currently functions<br />

as a museum.<br />

10 Newly fenced in area Two recent wooden fences have been<br />

raised along the lines of the former<br />

65<br />

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