Page "Inner German border" Paragraph 78

The situation improved somewhat after the initiation of détente in the 1970s.

Additional crossings for so-called kleine Grenzverkehr – " small border traffic ", essentially meaning West German day trippers – were opened at various locations along the border.

By 1982, there were 19 border crossings: six roads, three autobahns, eight railway lines plus the Elbe river and the Mittellandkanal.