Demarcation line

As a demarcation (French demarcation to Old High German marcha, border ', cf Mark ), also Delimination, in international politics, the establishment of an intergovernmental border to territorial changes or territorial disputes is understood. The demarcation is usually carried out by international agreements.

The limit is called the demarcation line, also English greenline (' Green Line ', but has a different meaning in German )

Examples of demarcation

• Inner German border in the former language of the Federal Republic of Germany
• The boundaries between the Allied occupation zones in Germany from 1945 to 1949 and the Berlin sector borders since 1949, in particular the Soviet to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to West Berlin
• In Austria, the boundaries between the individual occupying forces during the occupation in post-war Austria 1945-1955
• The Green Line between Israel and its neighbors
• The demarcation lines between the warring factions in the east and west of the Lebanese capital Beirut from 1975 until 1990.
• Between the areas controlled by Cyprus and Northern Cyprus territory since 1975
• In north-eastern and south-eastern Europe, the boundary between the spheres of influence of Germany and the Soviet Union in accordance with the secret protocol to the German - Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on 23 and 24 August 1939 and the three secret additional protocols to the German -Soviet Border and Friendship Treaty of 28 September 1939.
• In France, the distinction between military occupied northern zone and the unoccupied southern zone ( Vichy regime ) during the German occupation 1940-1942
• In China, the imaginary line between the sparsely populated west and the densely populated East, the Heihe - Tengchong Line
• The border between South Korea and North Korea along the 38th parallel 1945-1950