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===Polish border===
[[File:Oder-Neisse line between Germany and Poland.jpg|thumb|right|[[Oder–Neisse line]] between [[Germany]] and [[Poland]]]]
[[File:18-09-29-Görlitz-RalfR-DJI 0418.jpg|thumb|[[German-Polish border]] along the [[Western Neisse|Western Neisse river]] between [[Zgorzelec]] of Poland and [[Görlitz]], a city of Germany which belonged to the former [[Province of Lower Silesia]]]]
On 14 November 1990, [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] signed the [[German–Polish Border Treaty (1990)|German–Polish Border Treaty]], finalizing Germany's eastern boundary as permanent along the Oder–([[Lusatian Neisse|Lusatian/Western]]) Neisse line, and thus, renouncing any claims<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schmemann |first1=Serge |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1990-02-28 |title=UPHEAVAL IN THE EAST: KOHL'S POLITICAL MATH; His Evasions on Poland's Border Are Seen As an Attempt to Avoid Alienating Voters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/28/world/upheaval-east-kohl-s-political-math-his-evasions-poland-s-border-are-seen.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to most of [[Silesia]], [[East Brandenburg]], [[Farther Pomerania]], and the southern area of the former province of [[East Prussia]] (they are called the "[[Recovered Territories]]" by Poland as they were once ruled by [[Piast Poland]]).{{Efn|The territory of the [[League of Nations]] mandate of the [[Free City of Danzig]], annexed by Poland in 1945 and comprising the city of [[Gdańsk]] (Danzig) and a number of neighboring cities and municipalities, had never been claimed by any official side because West Germany followed the legal position of Germany in its borders of 1937, thus before the [[Anschluss|13 March 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria]].}} The following month, the first [[1990 German federal election|all-German free elections]] since 1932 were held, resulting in an increased majority for the coalition government of Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]].

As for the German–Polish Border Treaty, it was approved by the Polish [[Sejm]] on 26 November 1991 and the German Bundestag on 16 December 1991, and entered into force with the exchange of the instruments of ratification on 16 January 1992. The confirmation of the border between Germany and Poland was required of Germany by the four Allied countries in the Two Plus Four Treaty. The Treaty was later supplemented by the [[Treaty of Good Neighbourship]] between the two countries which took effect on 16 January 1992 and ensured the [[German minority in Poland|few remaining Germans in Poland]] (in [[Upper Silesia]]) were treated better by the government.