Village Poedelwitz Near Lignite Open Pit Mining Schleenhain

Village Poedelwitz near lignite mining area Schleenhain. The seven hundred years old village with partly listed buildings is threatened by open pit mining Schleenhain which is run by the Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft (MIBRAG). Mibrag plans to extract the coal resources situated beneath the village and therefore remove Poedelwitz.

In original language:

Dorf Poedelwitz bedroht vom Braunkohle Tagebau

Bauerndorf Poedelwitz. Das Dorf, mit zum Teil denkmalgeschuetzten Haeusern und Kirche, soll fuer den Braunkohletagebau der Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft abgebaggert werden. MIBRAG will das Dorf fuer den Tagebau Vereinigtes Schleenhain abreissen.

Unique identifier: GP0STQLLX

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/03/2017

Locations: Europe, Germany, Poedelwitz, Saxony

Credit line: © Clemens Wronski / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Aerial Views of Village Poedelwitz Near Lignite Open Pit Mining Schleenhain

Aerial views of the village Poedelwitz near lignite mining area Schleenhain. The seven hundred years old village with partly listed buildings is threatened by open pit mining. The lignite mining area Schleenhain is run by Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft (MIBRAG), a subsidiary of Czech company EPH. Mibrag plans to extract the coal resources situated beneath the village and therefore remove Poedelwitz. Coal fired power plant Lippendorf in the background. Cooling towers and steam.

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