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Industrial heritage

Knappenrode energy factory

Great heritage of industrial culture

An appointment with the past, present and future

Knappenrode energy factory © Rico Hoffmann

Experience cultural and industrial history interactively with augmented reality

On the trail of coal in direct change - ClipQuest.Lausitz 2025

Three young filmmakers, three days, one moving short film.

ClipQuest.Lausitz took place in Upper Lusatia for the first time this year. Young talents explored the region and captured their impressions in impressive short films - fresh, creative and authentic.

Team 3 - "On the trail of coal: in direct change"

The clip takes us to places of change and tells the emotional story of a Sorbian woman whose home village had to make way for open-cast mining. She speaks openly about farewell, loss and remembrance.

The second part of the clip looks to the future:
The Nochten boulder park and Lake Bärwald symbolize renaturation, hope and the future. They show how new habitats are created from the scars of the past - impressive, touching and full of perspective.

A cinematic journey through structural change, identity and renewal - in the heart of Lusatia.

Lusatia-moving landscape in transition

Lusatia is a region that is characterized by constant change and development like no other. Historically and currently, the people here have learned to live with these changes, and further extensive structural change is imminent. The inhabitants are always accompanied by their great heritage, such as the opencast lignite mining that once supplied the region with energy. Today, the largest artificial water landscape in Europe is being created in Lusatia as part of the transformation process. Despite the changes, traces of the past remain and continue to shape the region. Lusatia offers a fascinating variety of geological, natural, cultural and industrial landscapes, which have been created by the interaction of nature and man and make the special, changing landscape of Lusatia unique.

Ambassador of Lusatia

She is optimistic about the future of Lusatia: Kirstin Zinke, the former director of the Knappenrode Energy Factory, a museum in the Saxon Industrial Museum Association.

Read the full article about Kerstin Zinke here

Impressions of the Great Heritage of Industrial Culture

Let us take you on a journey through the industrial history of Lusatia.

Großes Erbe Faltkarte

Wie kaum eine andere Region Deutschlands steht die Lausitz für gewaltige Gegensätze auf engstem Raum. Gegensätze als Ergebnis eines ständigen Wandels. So prägen noch immer Wunden die Landschaft der Lausitz, allerdings im Kontrast zur Lieblichkeit der englischen Gartenkunst historischer Parkanlagen. Und die Landschaft heilt nach und nach.

Aus Bräuchen und Gegensätzen wird hier Welterbe geschaffen. Von der UNESCO ausgezeichnete Kultur- und Naturerbestätten, Kulturlandschaften, vom Tagebau geprägte Gegenden oder Städte wie Görlitz und Bautzen sind Leuchttürme der Region. Sie erzählen Geschichten, die teils Jahrhunderte überspannen. All das nennen wir unser großes Erbe, welchem wir uns verpflichtet fühlen.

Ausgezeichnet! Großes Erbe im Lausitzer Land

Lassen Sie sich inspirieren von dieser Broschüre, tauchen Sie ein in die Geschichte der Lausitz, ihre Landschaften und Gegensätze, 
ihre Architektur und Traditionen. Und gehen Sie selbst auf Entdeckungsreise, bevor es alle tun – das große Erbe wartet auf Sie!
 

This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon state parliament.

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