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Hambach surface mine

open-pit lignite mine in Germany
Place geotope Q315371

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
geotope, opencast mine[5]
Inception
1978[8]

Location

Country
Germany[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.911°, 6.503°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Düren district, Rhein-Erft District[2][3]
Located in/on physical feature
Rhenish lignite mining area[9]

Population and size

Area
+85[11]
More facts +5
Award received
National Geotope[1]
Date of official closure
2029[12]
Named after
Hambach[7]
Operator
RWE Power[6]
Product or material produced
lignite[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hambach surface mine de Tagebau Hambach fr mine de Hambach he מכרה האמבך הפתוח ja ハンバッハ鉱山 nl Hambach zh 哈姆巴赫露天煤矿 zh 哈姆巴赫露天矿坑
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aerial image of the Hambach surface mine (view from the southeast).jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
hambach-surface-mine
Freebase ID
/m/076vm6d
GeoNames ID
8425785
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2606647
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
geotope, open-pit lignite mine
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Düren district, Rhein-Erft District
Located in this place 2
Bagger 288, Bagger 293
Award received 1
National Geotope
Country 1
Germany
Product or material produced 1
lignite
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FAQs

What awards did Hambach surface mine receive?

Honors received include National Geotope[1].

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . rwe.com. Retrieved . rwe.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Operator → —
    Product or material produced → lignite
    Country → Germany
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40489|batch #40489]]: open-pit lignite mine,lignite"
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