Hambach open-pit mine

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open-pit lignite mine surface mine

The Hambach open-pit mine is one of Germany’s largest lignite (brown coal) surface mines, known for its significant environmental impact and role in debates over coal use and climate policy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Rhenish lignite mining district 1
Zeche Nordstern 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open-pit lignite mine ⓘ
surface mine ⓘ
adjacentTo Hambach Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith German coal phase-out policy ⓘ
climate change debate ⓘ
environmental protests ⓘ
causedResettlementOf Manheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morschenich NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
depth over 400 metres ⓘ
energyPolicyContext German Energiewende NERFINISHED ⓘ
energySourceFor lignite-fired power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
fuelSupplyFor Neurath Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niederaußem Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact CO2 emissions from lignite combustion ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
groundwater lowering ⓘ
landscape destruction ⓘ
hasFeature large bucket-wheel excavators ⓘ
hasImpactOn local air quality ⓘ
local biodiversity ⓘ
regional water table ⓘ
hasType open-cast mine ⓘ
locatedIn Cologne Lowland NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhein-Erft-Kreis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhineland lignite mining area NERFINISHED ⓘ
mines brown coal ⓘ
lignite ⓘ
near Elsdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eschweiler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jülich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niederzier NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest open-pit lignite mines in Europe ⓘ
controversy over coal use in Germany ⓘ
large-scale resettlement of local villages ⓘ
operatedBy RWE Power AG NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy RWE NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Rhenish lignite mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ
plannedPhaseDown in line with German coal exit timetable ⓘ
regulationBy German mining law ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia state authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
startOfOperation 1978 ⓘ
subjectOf anti-coal activism ⓘ
climate justice campaigns ⓘ
legal disputes over forest clearance ⓘ
threatened Hambach Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportInfrastructure conveyor belt systems for lignite ⓘ
dedicated rail connections for coal transport ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gelsenkirchen → hasLandmark → Hambach open-pit mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zeche Nordstern
Kerpen → locatedNear → Hambach open-pit mine ⓘ
Erft River → near → Hambach open-pit mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhenish lignite mining district