Oder-Neisse Line

[ oh-der-nahy-suh ]

noun

1. the boundary between Poland and East Germany after World War II.

Oder-Neisse Line

/ ˈəʊdəˈnaɪsə /

noun

1. the present-day boundary between Germany and Poland along the Rivers Oder and Neisse. Established in 1945, it originally separated the Soviet Zone of Germany from the regions under Polish administration

Example Sentences

Kohl confirmed the Oder-Neisse line and formally gave up any possibility of such claims in 1990.

From BusinessWeek

As Germany reunified, Poland feared Kohl wouldn’t recognize the Oder-Neisse Line -- the post-war border between Germany and Poland -- and that Germany might make claims on its former territories now part of Poland, including Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia.

From BusinessWeek

Most irksome so far has been Kohl's refusal to state unambiguously that a united Germany would lay no claim to land east of the Oder-Neisse line, which constitutes the present border between East Germany and Poland.

From Time Magazine Archive

He recognized the Oder-Neisse line as Poland's western border and urged Bonn to do the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

The danger exists because the European detente is shakily built on a series of tentative treaties and agreements that are linked together like pieces in an intricate jigsaw puzzle: > The central pieces are the 1970 treaties of Moscow and Warsaw, which recognized the Oder-Neisse line as Poland's western border and ruled out the use of force in any future disputes between West Germany, Poland and Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive