A successful example of successful recultivation / renaturation in the course of brown coal opencast mining: the former waste dump has now become a destination for excursions.
Personally, the term "mammoth forest" seems a bit exaggerated to me, as there are a few isolated redwood trees among the other trees. Nevertheless, the path, which deviates from the usual wide paths on Sophienhöhe, was a nice little change.
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 …