The open pit Hambach is located between Jülich in the district of Düren and Elsdorf (Rhein-Erft-Kreis) in the heart of the Rhenish lignite mining area. It was started in 1978 near the Niederzierer district of Hambach and is currently about 350 meters deep. Under its 85 square kilometer excavation area, 2.5 billion tons of lignite are stored up to 450 meters deep.

The world's largest excavators work at the Hambach mine: they are 220 meters long, 96 meters high and weigh 13,500 tons. They can produce 240,000 tons of coal or cubic meters of overburden every day - enough to fill a football stadium 30 meters high.

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Nelsen

June 25, 2017

You should know that this place should not be entered. But it's worth it!

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Rüdiger

September 21, 2018

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Location: Niederzier, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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