#borschemich

[waidwund]

Places that don’t exist anymore due to the brown coal open cast mine ‚Garzweiler II‘ in the far west of germany. At the time shown here, they were already ghost villages.

1__ village of Borschemich // 11–2014 2__ closed bank* in the village of Immerath // 12–2013

*the information sign at its door reads as follows:

‚Dear Customers, due to the ever-increasing security risk, we will be completely closing our Immerath (old) branch effective January 22, 2012. ATMs and statement printers will continue to be available 24 hours a day at our Borschemich and Holzweiler branches. Thank you for your understanding, Raiffeisenbank Erkelenz’

  © 2013 & 2014 waidwund–photo

[waidwund]

remembrance day of the last service in the church of St. Martinus before it was deconsecrated and later demolished; every citizen of the village received a stone from the masonry of the church on this day. former village of borschemich, germany // 11-2014 © 2014 waidwund-photo  

[waidwund]

vanishing landscapes these pictures show the church of St. Martinus (built 1906 – 1907) in the former village of Borschemich. the whole place fell victim to the Garzweiler opencast mine, everything you see here no longer exists and has become part of a giant hole located in the far west of Germany. 1 _ view of the interior of St. Martinus church on the day of its last service on november 23, 2014. 2 _ picture of the remains of Borschemich on february 21, 2016 with the still standing church tower, the nave had already been demolished at this point, the tower followed 3 days later. former village borschemich, germany // 11-2014 /// 02-2016 © 2014 & 2016 waidwund-photo  

[waidwund]

vanishing landscapes place that has to give way to brown coal opencast mining  ' garzweiler '   –  in the very west of germany // 02-2016 © 2016 waidwund-photo  

[kopfwort]

laues Geisterdorf

09.07.2016_19:25

 Büttgen zieht vorbei

Karlos Handgelenk ist Brei

vom Drehen und Wickeln,

das Erste in Borschemich war ein Duschschlauch, ein Witz

im leeren Haus

mit Spinnenkadaver und

Piepsemaus, nein, Jalousie,

war es so vergeistert wie noch nie,

begeistert, in dem Dorf, ein Geisterdorf,

und wie heißt es dort, weiß ich nicht genau,

erwischt, genau!

Und begeistert wandeln wir durch Zeckengestrüpp,

Stück für Stück die Schritte vorwärts,

und das Auto verfolgt uns innerorts,

bis

trotz keinem Wort – auf der Mauer auf der Lauer gegessen,

kauerten im Schneidersitz und kauten laue Schokolade,

bauen auf Sonnenstrahlen

Ukulele schöne Klänge malen

in Umgebung von Massiv grün und blau,

nepumuk, schau!

Fahrradfahrer fröhlich und

Mopedfahrer kich-ert heimlich leise

spielen die Klänge auf eine helle Weise,

Oktaven verstellt,

wer das versteht, verstellt die Klave

mit den Haaren und die Zargen greifen den Tisch,

wir haben den heut Morgen nicht abgewischt.

[pbstv]

WATCH: “Good Soil”

Borschemich, Germany is the next town to be bulldozed away in a long history of relocation for an energy company digging for coal. In POV Doc Good Soil,  against all odds brothers Helmut and Joachim Meier run the nursery they built 30 years ago until the very end

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