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Policy · Updated 9 Oct, 08:35 pm IST

Germany completes Lusatian Lakeland with Lake Sedlitz opening this April

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Why it matters for readers: Explains how former coal mines are being transformed into Europe’s largest artificial lake landscape.

  • Lake Sedlitz will open for swimming and boating at the end of this month.1
  • Lake Sedlitz is the final addition to the 14,000-hectare Lusatian Lakeland project.1
  • The Lusatian transformation converts huge craters from decades of lignite mining into a connected water landscape.1
  • Most German artificial mining lakes are located in Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, and their number is expected to rise as more mines are flooded.1
  • The flooding of former mines in the region began in 1967 with Lake Senftenberg and has supported tourism with harbours, canals and campsites.1
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