A spring trip along the Moselle River (Mosel).
1. A US mailbox (Wehlen)
2. Interior of the St. Johannes der Täufer (Treis-Karden)
3. A view from the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal (Koblenz)
4. A scattered stone wall (Wehlen)
5. House and road signs (Wehlen)
6. Last bit of evening sunshine (Wehlen)
7. Another view from the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal (Koblenz)
8. Man with an orange jacket (Koblenz)
9. Street and a small tree (Treis-Karden)
10. Exterior wall of the Preußisches Regierungsgebäude (Koblenz)
11. Soldiers on the Deutsches Eck (Koblenz)
12. A chair, a tree and an RV (Treis-Karden)
13. Stairs to the water (Treis-Karden)
14. A view from the train (Treis-Karden)
15. A door with mail (Wehlen)
16. Niederburg Kobern (Kobern-Gondorf)
Tagebau Hambach - Vol. II
Located near Cologne, the Tagebau Hambach is the largest open-pit coal mine in Germany. Owned by the RWE energy company, the mine is used to extract lignite (brown coal).
Within the Hambach mine - and the nearby Garzweiler and Inden mines - massive bucket-wheel excavators are being used to extract the lignite. One of these excavators, the Bagger 293, holds the record for being the heaviest land-based vehicle ever built.
The land on which the mining site resides used to be an ancient forest. Purchased by the RWE in 1978, 90% of the Hambach Forest has been cut down for mining operations.
Throughout the past decades, multiple villages had to be demolished for expansion of the mine. As of right now, the villages Manheim and Morsenich are slowly being cleared out as well. What remains are abandoned buildings and a ghostly, desolate scenery.
The remaining 10% of the Hambach Forest is being occupied by activists in an attempt to halt further expansion of the mine.
As part Germany’s plan to phase-out coal mining, the Hambach Mine is set to cease all operations by 2030. Plans are being made to turn the excavation site into a lake.
Shot, edited and written without the use of generative AI.
Tagebau Hambach - Vol. I
Located near Cologne, the Tagebau Hambach is the largest open-pit coal mine in Germany. Owned by the RWE energy company, the mine is used to extract lignite (brown coal).
Within the Hambach mine (and the nearby Garzweiler and Inden mines) massive bucket-wheel excavators are being used to extract the lignite. One of these excavators, the Bagger 293, holds the record for being the heaviest land-based vehicle ever built.
The land on which the mining site resides used to be an ancient forest. Purchased by the RWE in 1978, 90% of the Hambach Forest has been cut down for mining operations.
Throughout the past decades, multiple villages had to be demolished for expansion of the mine. As of right now, the villages Manheim and Morsenich are slowly being cleared out as well. What remains are abandoned buildings and a ghostly, desolate scenery.
The remaining 10% of the Hambach Forest is being occupied by activists in an attempt to halt further expansion of the mine.
As part Germany’s plan to phase-out coal mining, the Hambach Mine is set to cease all operations by 2030. Plans are being made to turn the excavation site into a lake.
Shot, edited and written without the use of generative AI.
