Hambach Forest
Ancient forest located near Buir in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hambach Forest (German: Hambacher Wald, Hambacher Forst (German pronunciation: [ˈhambaxɐ ˈfɔʁst] ⓘ), Bürgewald, Die Bürge) is an ancient forest located near Buir [de] in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, between Cologne and Aachen. It was planned to be cleared as part of the Hambach surface mine by owner RWE AG. There were protests and occupations from 2012 against this, and in 2020 a law was passed to preserve it.
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