No 30005
Das militärische Erbe
Das militärische Erbe Lettland, Kurzeme

Mazirbe: Posten der Grenzwache

Travel permits in the frontier zone

Border guards used to raid our facilities all the time, and sometimes people were asked to present their permits to be in the area several times in one day.
I worked at the National Slītere Reserve in Soviet times. The headquarters for the reserve were at the Liv People’s Centre. Border guards used to raid our facilities all the time, and sometimes people were asked to present their permits to be in the area several times in one day. I had a pass, and I remember that when you were travelling from Dundaga to Mazirbe, the frontier zone began at Jaundundaga, where there was a border guard facility and the road was blocked.
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Der Posten der Küstengrenzwache befindet sich in der ehemaligen Seefahrtschule. In der nachsowjetischen Zeit wurden in den einzelnen Räumen der Gebäude Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten angeboten. Der Turm der Grenzwache ist einer von den am besten erhaltenen Objekten solcher Art am Strand.