Küstrin-Kietz

Küstrin-Kietz is a small village located in the German state of Brandenburg, at the Oder river and the border with Poland.

According to the Allied Potsdam Agreement, it then became part of the Soviet occupation zone, while the remaining city districts formed present-day Kostrzyn nad Odrą in Poland.

Ultimately the settlement retained its name Kietz, though without a mention of "Küstrin", which would have been considered revanchist by Communist officials.

Today Küstrin-Kietz is the site of a major Schengen border crossing, re-opened in 1992 on the Bundesstraße 1 and Droga krajowa No.

The Oder bridge of the former Prussian Eastern Railway line was rebuilt after World War II; it is today in use by RegionalBahn trains connecting Kostrzyn with Berlin-Lichtenberg station.

View from Küstrin-Kietz across the Oder to Kostrzyn ( Küstrin ) fortress
Küstrin-Kietz Oderinsel-barracks (2013), to 1945 German Artillery Barracks; 1945-1991 barracks of the Soviet Forces in Germany