Lusatian Lake District Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Lusatian Lake District
The region shares part of its history with theCentral German Lake Districtwhich has similar origins, but they differ in a few ways, too. An old Sorbian saying goes that "God created Lusatia, but the Devil put coal underneath it". And it has indeed been blessing and curse in one that underneath the gently rolling hills and plains of Lusatia is one of Europe's richest deposits of lignite or "brown coal". Blessing because for over a century it gave people work and turned what would otherwise have been a forgotten backwater into boomtowns, but curse because to get to the coal, entire villages had to be moved, the water table had to be lowered and immense damage was done to nature and environment by mining and burning the decidedly "dirty" fuel. While the first attempts at getting the coal out
Top Attractions in Lusatian Lake District
Explore the best things to see and do in Lusatian Lake District:
- ★Bergener See
- ★Bergheider See
- ★Bernsteinsee
- ★Besucherbergwerk Abraumförderbrücke F60
- ★Bischdorfer See
- ★Blunoer Südsee
- ★Drehnaer See
- ★Dreiweiberner See
Lusatian Lake District Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 14 sections including: