Streszczenie
Polish accession to the Schengen Agreement and abolition of border
control within EU countries on 21st December 2007, is a good occasion to
summarize the role of boundaries in the period directly preceding the
revolutionary changes that took place on EU internal borders of Poland. In
the paper author analyses one out of four land borders encompassed by the
Schengen Agreement, namely the western border with Germany. Remaining
sections of land borders, where abolition of border control took place at the
same time, are: south-western border (with the Czech Republic), southeastern
border (with Slovakia) and north-eastern border (with Lithuania).
Also, however to some extent only, the sea and airports border control was
cancelled (only for cruises and flights to signatory countries of the Schengen
Agreement).