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Soil Exhibit at Hambach Open-Cast Mine

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Niederzier

Soil Exhibit at Hambach Open-Cast Mine

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

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1. Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

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2. Island Lake on the Sophienhöhe – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

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3. Pond with Water Lilies – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

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Kreis Düren

July 10, 2023

Photo: Sophia Eckerle, CC BY-SA, district of Düren

At peak times, the up to 411 meter deep opencast mine produced so much lignite for the company's own power plants that it covered five percent of Germany's total electricity requirements. Coal mining in the Hambach opencast mine will end in 2029 as part of the statutory phase-out of coal. Several major regional planning, mining law and water management approval procedures are currently underway. They will determine what the landscape of a large lake and lots of forest that the open pit mine will leave behind will look like. The Hambach lignite plan is currently being changed. In a few weeks, a planning approval process will begin that prepares the design of the opencast mining lake in detail. At the same time, another lignite plan procedure secures the route for the outlet of the future opencast mining lake (rwe.com/der-gruppe/laender-und-standorte/tagebau-hambach/neue-landschaft-nach-dem-tagebau-hambach )

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January 25, 2025

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

Soil Exhibit at Hambach Open-Cast Mine

1. Stations of the Cross on Sophienhöhe – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

2. Island Lake on the Sophienhöhe – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

3. Pond with Water Lilies – Rest Area by the Lake loop from Hambach

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