Stock Photo - 07 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lübtheen: Manuela Schwesig (SPD), the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, is on stage with firefighter Stefan Geier (r) and Stefan Sternberg (SPD, l), the district administrator of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, at the thanksgiving ceremony for the forest fire helpers of Lübtheen. From the end of June 2019, the emergency services of fire brigades, THW, DRK, disaster control, the forestry and German armed forces, as well as many other volunteers, were on almost continuous duty around Lübtheen for almost two weeks to extinguish the largest forest fire in the history of the country to date. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Lübtheen/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Germany