Stock Photo - 04 June 2020, Brandenburg, Welzow: One path leads to the recultivated Geisendorf mountain with the Geisendorf estate at the Welzow-Süd open-cast lignite mine operated by LEAG (Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG) (aerial photograph taken with a drone) The Geisendorf mountain, part of the restored foothills of the terminal moraine area of the Steinitz Alps in the recultivation of the Welzow-Süd open-cast mine, has been officially open to visitors since the beginning of June 2020. From the vantage point on the top of the 150-metre-high mountain a wide view opens up over the recultivated area of the open-cast mine with the Wolkenberg and the Steinitzer Berg as well as to the active mining recultivation. It uses spreaders, excavators and bulldozers to create the terrain profile for the landscape to be planted later. For this purpose, it uses the upper soil layer extracted in the open-cast mining area and selected for the respective later use. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Welzow/Brandenburg/Germany