Probstzella station

Probstzella station is the station of the Thuringian town of Probstzella in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. It is located at the southeastern edge of Probstzella and since 1 October 1885 it has been a through station on the Franconian Forest Railway. The station is 1.3 km from the Bavarian-Thuringian border and after the Second World War until German reunification in 1990, it served as the point of entry for traffic passing from West Germany to East Germany and is considered the last remaining border station on the Inner German border.HistoryThe station was opened on 8 August 1885 with the completion of the section of the Franconian Forest Railway from Eichicht to Probstzella as one of the Prussian state railways. On 1 October 1885 the Royal Bavarian State Railways opened the Ludwigsstadt–Probstzella section, completing the line from Bavaria, following the earlier opening of the Stockheim–Ludwigsstadt section. Probstzella is the southernmost station on the line in Thuringia.The Probstzella–Schmiedefeld line opened at the end of 1898 and it was extended to Sonnenberg in 1913.