Stock Photo - 26 May 2021, Brandenburg, Guben: Axel Vogel (l., Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Climate of the State of Brandenburg, and Thomas Matz, machinist from the Meyer Bau company, symbolically start the groundbreaking ceremony for the further expansion of flood protection on the border river Neisse using an excavator with a pile driver. This will further improve flood protection in the city. At present, the existing dyke and the embankment wall in the area of the Plastinarium, which is in great need of renovation, do not provide sufficient flood protection for the urban area of Guben in the area of Alte Poststraße with the current crown height. In addition, there is further potential danger from the backwater of the Lausitzer Neiße into the Egelneiße. The two flood events in 2010 and the last flood event in 2013 have highlighted the need for better flood protection in the town of Guben. The second part of the second construction phase, which is now to be implemented, extends the existing flood protection wall by a further 148 metres to the site of the Plastinarium. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Guben/Brandenburg/Germany