All the villages remain

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Demonstration on the street
Demonstration in the form of a "yellow line" between the edge of the opencast mine and the village of Keyenberg

In the All Villages Remain alliance , those affected from all lignite mining areas in Germany have come together to “fight together against forced resettlement and climate damage.” The name of the alliance, founded in 2018, is also their central demand. The villages have grown over centuries and cannot be replaced. Above all, the livelihoods of the numerous farms are threatened by resettlement because there is no adequate replacement available in the new housing estates. In addition to organizing resistance with demonstrations, the alliance z. B. with open letters or press releases directly to political decision-makers. The alliance also brought these demands into the negotiations of the coal commission . In addition, those affected are resisting the resettlement by refusing to sell their land to the companies that want to mine the underlying lignite.

Rhenish lignite district

Banner on site fence: Stop opencast mines !, Church and two demolition excavators in the background
Protest banners against the demolition of Immerath Cathedral

In the vicinity of the opencast mines in the Rhenish lignite district , the places Berverath , Keyenberg Kuckum , Lützerath , Oberwestrich , Unterwestrich , Manheim and Morschenich are threatened by forced resettlement and destruction. The following villages are also affected by a possible edge of the mine: Holzweiler , Kaulhausen , Wanlo and Buir .

Together with Replace Coal , the alliance blocked the construction work on Landstrasse 354n, also known as the “Grubenrandstrasse”, for one day in 2019 under the motto “Not a meter of coal!”. The construction of this road is "useless" and a "mockery of all those who are determined to stay in their villages". According to RWE, this road replaces a road near Keyenberg and Kuckum , which are to give way to the opencast mine .

In addition, the alliance often calls for vigils and demonstrations, including a large star march at which around 3,000 people protested for the preservation of the villages.

Central German lignite district

According to the alliance, the towns of Pödelwitz , Obertitz and Lützen are affected in the vicinity of the opencast mines in the Leipziger Land . People are fighting with demonstrations to be able to stay in their places.

Lusatian lignite mining area

According to the alliance, the towns of Proschim and Mühlrose are threatened by the opencast mines in Lausitz .

Here, too, the alliance is active and carries out protests such as B. a walk through the apron of the Jänschwalde opencast mine.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press releases - All villages remain. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Lignite villages join forces. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Press releases - All villages remain. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
  4. ^ Daniel Gerhards: Garzweiler opencast mine: Will the villages stay? Alliance demands guarantee of existence. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ New Germany editorial team: Lignite villages fight together for their preservation (new Germany). Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  6. ^ Anett Selle: Protests at the Garzweiler opencast mine: A second Hambach forest . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 8, 2019, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Open letter to Laschet calls for the receipt of open-cast mining villages. May 31, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ RP ONLINE: Alliance “All Villages Remain”: Those affected by opencast mining criticize Prime Minister Laschet. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Andreas Speen: Churches sold to RWE: Citizens from Erkelenz turn to the Vatican with their protest. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Sebastian Weiermann: The threat remains (new Germany). Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Philip Oltermann: 'Human rights before mining rights': German villagers take on coal firm . In: The Guardian . September 30, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  12. ↑ Villages - All villages remain. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ coal opponents protest on highway in Erkelenz-Kuckum. May 27, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  14. ^ Kurt Lehmkuhl: Protest near Golf Club Haus Wildenrath: 60 activists block road construction at the Garzweiler opencast mine. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  15. ^ Patzer Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Berlin Germany: Activists block road construction site at the Garzweiler opencast mine. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  16. ^ Aachener Zeitung: Mahnwache: Alliance demands preservation of the churches. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  17. ↑ WORLD: Thousands demonstrate for the preservation of opencast mining villages . In: THE WORLD . March 23, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed April 13, 2020]).
  18. ↑ a b Villages - All villages remain. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
  19. ↑ Pödelwitz spokesman frustrated: coal agreement "irresponsible for the residents". Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Activists fight against the dredging of villages around Leipzig. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  21. ^ Doreen Reinhard: Brown coal mining: the last village for coal? In: The time . April 23, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Brown coal: Alliance demands preservation of the threatened coal villages. November 10, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  23. ^ Lausitzer Rundschau: Protest against further coal mining: 250 walkers at the Jänschwalde open-cast mine. April 1, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .