The decision to build the power plant was taken in 1964. The foundation stone for the power plant was laid in 1967, and on September 3, 1969, the first 210 MW block was switched to the grid. From May 1971, all four 210 MW units were connected to the grid. The power plant was operated with Soviet technology, and fitters and specialists from the Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary were involved in the construction. The chimney had a height of 300 meters one of the highest in the world.
In the course of the restructuring of the central German lignite and energy industry, the power plant was shut down on September 30, 1999 and gradually dismantled. On October 19, 2002, the 300 meter high chimney was destroyed by a collapse. The chimney began to collapse as intended, but the fallen chimney tip leaned against the base. This stopped it instead of falling over. On March 24, 2006, the cooling towers were blown up. Boiler house 1 was blown up on January 14, 2015, boiler houses 2–4 were blown up on February 6, 2015. The machine hall could be demolished with excavators due to its lower height. On October 21, 2016, the 60 m high central building between the boiler house and the machine hall, over which the coaling was carried out, was blown up.
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