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Mühlrose in Lausitz: "Building fabric is being destroyed"
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For the time being, only two vacant houses in Mühlrose in the Sorbian Lausitz, whose land belongs to the energy company, are affected.
But the demolition of the two lignite mining buildings has sparked protests.
Opponents criticize the fact that the special field Mühlrose will no longer be needed in view of the coal phase-out until 2038 and according to an expert opinion - since more lignite is available in open-cast mines than will be needed until 2038.
Is the coal still needed?
The energy company Leag, which later wants to excavate lignite in the town in Eastern Saxony, is defending itself.
The Leag Group considers the lignite under Mühlrose to be necessary to supply the Boxberg power plant, and an expert report commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economics has also confirmed the need.
"All the necessary permits have been given," said the company about the demolition of the houses.
With the dismantling work, the Leag are implementing the measures agreed in the relocation contract "without restriction and quickly".
This contract has been regulating the compensation of resettlers and the public sector since 2019.
For people who have to move, building plots are currently being developed in the neighboring community of Runde.
A total of around 200 residents will be affected.
The "All Villages Remain" alliance criticized the fact that not all residents had signed the contract.
If you don't want to move, you don't have to.
The Leag have "no legal basis" to dredge Mühlrose, said a spokeswoman for the alliance, according to the broadcaster RBB.
"It is extremely unlikely that the permit for the excavation of this sub-field will ever be obtained. The village will not be excavated, and now the structure will be destroyed anyway."
Leag considers lignite to be a necessary supply
Despite the coal phase-out, Mühlrose will be one of the last places to give way to an open-cast mine, because from the end of the 2020s the brown coal lying under the village will be mined by the Nochten open-cast mine.
This is to be burned in the Boxberg power plant.
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