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Publicatie Laka-bibliotheek:
The World is Watching / El Mundo esta Mirando (1997)

Auteur	Gorleben International Peace Team
Datum	februari 1997
Classificatie	2.01.8.39/08 (DUITSLAND - GORLEBEN - ACTIES)
Voorkant

Introduction

The Gorleben Problem

Geography of the Wendland Area

The region of the Wendland is located roughly between Hamburg, Hannover and 
Berlin and is part of the state of Lower Saxony (capital Hannover) in north-central 
Germany. Until 1989, it was situated in a nose-shaped extension of West Germany, 
connected to the rest of the country by only two railway lines (only one of which 
was in use for passenger transport) and three roads. The other two sides of the 
triangular region were borders to East Germany which were fenced, mined, and 
without a border checkpoint. The northeastern border was the river Elbe, one of 
the largest rivers in Europe.

The Wendland was the least populated district of West Germany, with a very weak 
economy: who wanted to invest in a region with so little access to the rest of the 
country? The establishment of modern European agricultural policies forced many 
small farmers to abandon their land and leave the region. However, in the '60s and 
'70s, the Wendland was discovered by artists and retired city dwellers who bought 
and renovated the abandoned farm houses.

Nonetheless, the region remained one of the least populated areas of Germany with 
very little infrastructure or industry even after the Re-unification.

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