The land cover/land use in the boundary area has changed rapidly after the displacement of the local society because of the World War II. The relatively densely populated countryside was gradually depopulated, the fields were afforested and the 400-years history of the former Bärnwald finished. This is what has happened in the entire boundary zone in Sudety, a part of it belonging formerly to the "Iron Curtain" restricted area. The villages were derelict, fields have transformed to pastures, shrubs and forests. The number of the tree-patches has decreased, but they are larger now. The land cover diversity is also reduced. The present and future landscape functions will very likely change to those of the recreational and second-home area.