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Viewpoint Over Inden Open-Pit Mine

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Viewpoint Over Inden Open-Pit Mine

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Viewpoint Over Inden Open-Pit Mine

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

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1. Indemann Observation Tower – Indemann Observation Tower loop from Alsdorf-Poststraße

62.5km

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2. Bridge at Hasenwinkel – Indemann Observation Tower loop from Echtz

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3. Dreigurt Bridge over the Rur – Echtzer See loop from Annakirmesplatz

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190m

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Kreis Düren

July 10, 2023

Photo: Dennis Stratmann, Copyright: Grünmetropole e.V.
The past and the future are within reach: giant bucket-wheel excavators can still be admired in the Inden opencast mine. From 2030, an attractive lake district will be created here.
Several vantage points provide a wide view of the open pit and give an excellent impression of the dimensions of the open pit. Huge excavators and conveyors show how brown coal is extracted and transported. The 45 meter thick coal seam lies more than 200 meters below the natural terrain. The total of five bucket wheel excavators with a length of up to 220 meters and a maximum height of 70 meters extract 25 million tons of coal and up to 95 million tons of overburden every year. The overburden masses are used for backfilling and recultivation of the depleted areas (indeland-erleben.de/urlaubszielen/tagebau-inden).

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

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Viewpoint Over Inden Open-Pit Mine

1. Indemann Observation Tower – Indemann Observation Tower loop from Alsdorf-Poststraße

2. Bridge at Hasenwinkel – Indemann Observation Tower loop from Echtz

3. Dreigurt Bridge over the Rur – Echtzer See loop from Annakirmesplatz

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