View of Kokerei Hansa and Deusenberg

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"In the past, residents in Huckarde and Deusen were badly plagued. The Hansa coking plant, one of the most important central coking plants in the Ruhr area, operated here, next to the mine of the same name. The old Cologne-Minden railway, an important and noisy main line for passenger and freight traffic, runs adjacent. The Emscher, the dirtiest river in all of Europe and a stinking cesspool, is right next to it. And last but not least, a gigantic mountain of rubble and waste grew here for decades. In short: not so long ago, this patch of earth was one of the dirtiest, smelliest and ugliest places far and wide.In the new millennium, the situation is completely different. The coking plant, which gave off masses of dust, dirt and stench, became an industrial monument worth seeing after it closed in 1992. The mine has been closed for some time. The cesspool is increasingly being used as part of the Emscher reconstruction. clearer and is increasingly filled with animal and plant life - the stench has disappeared. Cyclists now use the increasingly popular river cycle path along the Emscher. And the rubbish dump has also become an amazingly green local recreation area..."
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