From the Lausitzer Rundschau of October 22, 2020: But what is hidden behind the traditional walls of the imposing building in the municipality of Neisse-Malxetal? The office of the Unesco Global Geoparks Muskau Arch/Łuk Mużakowa, which was previously located in Döbern, is moving to the first floor of the freshly renovated building. Spree-Neisse district administrator Harald Altekrüger (CDU) describes the current use as "the third life of the brickworks". The first private brickworks were established in the region as early as 1840. In 1892/94, the Großer Kurfürst Berlin corporation set up the brickworks in Klein Kölzig, which produced the typical yellow clinker bricks until 1962. In the second life, the local LPG used the building as a grain and dry store until the political change in 1989. Finally, in 2001, as part of a feasibility study, consideration was given to how the Muskau Arch, one of the most scenic push end moraines in Central Europe, could be used for tourism. Due to its natural conditions, the Muskau Arch with its Ice Age landscape forms and the geological outcrops (geotopes) is ideally suited for this. In addition to being designated as Germany's national geotope (2006 and 2017), the Muskau Arch has been a transnational, German-Polish Unesco Global Geopark since 2015. Eberhard Müller, mayor of the municipality of Neiße-Malxetal, explains that before 1989 the Muskau arch hardly appeared in local school books. “Meanwhile, the Muskau Arch is no longer just a tourist story, but a cross-border one. A story that must also be passed on to future generations.” A visitor center was to serve as the starting point for discovery tours in the Geopark. The old brickworks in the core area of the Geopark, which was still unrenovated at the time, was an obvious choice. After an emergency renovation (2003-2007), in 2019 the interior work and redesign of the interior spaces as well as the installation of sanitary facilities, heating and ventilation technology began. The construction work was completed in May 2020 and the renovated building was handed over to the Muskau Arch Association, which operates the visitor center.