Brandenburg / GDR / Industry 1992 End of the GDR. The large Lauchhammer coking plant is demolished. Coke was made there from brown coal. The photo symbolizes the dismantling of the GDR economy. Great environmental damage must be removed // Treuhand / Demolition / Economy / Federal States During the Cold War, the GDR could not get coke for its steelworks from the West. It had to produce it from brown coal. The coking plant was supplied by 7 open-cast lignite mines. After the reunification, the basis for the unprofitable operation was gone. The plant was demolished, the contaminated soil was

Brandenburg / GDR / Industry 1992 End of the GDR. The large Lauchhammer coking plant is demolished. Coke was made there from brown coal. The photo symbolizes the dismantling of the GDR economy. Great environmental damage must be removed // Treuhand / Demolition / Economy / Federal States During the Cold War, the GDR could not get coke for its steelworks from the West. It had to produce it from brown coal. The coking plant was supplied by 7 open-cast lignite mines. After the reunification, the basis for the unprofitable operation was gone. The plant was demolished, the contaminated soil was Stock Photo
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

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3615 x 5634 px | 30.6 x 47.7 cm | 12.1 x 18.8 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 1992

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Berlin, Berlin/City State, Germany

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Demolition of the Lauchhammer coking plant 1992. Brandenburg / GDR / Industry 1992 End of the GDR. The large Lauchhammer coking plant is demolished. Coke was made there from brown coal. The photo symbolizes the dismantling of the GDR economy. Great environmental damage must be removed // Treuhand / Demolition / Economy / Federal States During the Cold War, the GDR could not get coke for its steelworks from the West. It had to produce it from brown coal. The coking plant was supplied by 7 open-cast lignite mines. After the reunification, the basis for the unprofitable operation was gone. The plant was demolished, the contaminated soil was cleaned up superficially, [automated translation]. Date created: 01/01/1992-31/12/1992