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Hambach Forest

Aerial view of Hambach Forest from the south, October 2018

Hambach Forest (German: Hambacher Wald, Hambacher Forst (German pronunciation: [ˈhambaxɐ ˈfɔʁst] ⓘ), Bürgewald, Die Bürge) is an ancient forest located near Buir 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.

Area of destroyed forest with excavator
Hambach surface mine (gray); remaining Hambach Forest in the south (NE of Morschenich (de)); recultivated Sophienhöhe in NW, 2017[1]
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Map_2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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