Caption

Resettlement site of the 5 villages from the Garzweiler II opencast lignite mining area, Keyenberg, Kuckum, Oberwestrich, Unterwestrich, Berverath, which were originally intended to be dug up, but will now remain due to the lignite phase-out in 2030, around 60% of the former inhabitants of the villages live here on 56 hectares, in the north of Erkelenz, in the background, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Mar 25, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26J44_290

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

139.5Mb (46.5Mb) / 26.9in x 20.2in / 8064 x 6048 (300dpi)

Keywords

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