Stock Photo - 01 January 1992, Berlin, Lauchhammer: Federal States / Brandenburg / GDR / Industry 1992 End of the GDR. The large coking plant Lauchhammer is torn down. That's where they made coke out of brown coal. The photo symbolizes the dismantling of the GDR economy, environmental damage is being repaired, tar residues and all conceivable olefine pollutants must be removed. / Treuhand / Demolition / Economy / Environment During the Cold War, the GDR could not get coke for its steelworks from the West. She had to make it from lignite. The coking plant was supplied by 7 open pit lignite mines. After the reunification, the basis for the unprofitable operation was gone. The farm was demolished and the contaminated soil was rehabilitated. Exact shooting date not known, best possible image quality. Photo: Paul Glaser/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Lauchhammer/Berlin/Germany