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“Canyons, Steppes and Steel Giants”


Through the institute’s method of “Wahrnehmungswerkstatt” or workshop for perception, the first extensive IBA tour “Canyons, Steppes and Steel Giants” was conceived in 2002. A hike lasting nearly four hours took visitors into the pit of the former Meuro opencast mine where until the late 1990s 350 million tons of coal had been mined. Six kilometres long, three kilometres wide, and up to 70 metres deep, this pit will hold 150 million cubic metres of water. In 2007 flooding began to transform it into the future Lake Großräschen.
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last update: 1/26/2017 13:13

Tours into the Landscape of Opencast Mines

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Tours into the Lake Land

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Tours to Industrial Sites

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Tours to the Border Landscapes

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Tours of Cultural Landscapes

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