Annual Meeting AK Geomorphologie 2020
Cottbus | 27-30 September 2020
Lusatia is located in the border region between Brandenburg, Saxony and Poland. Historically, it is divided into Lower Lusatia in the north and Upper Lusatia in Saxony. The Lausitzer Neisse forms the border between Germany and Poland. Around 1.3 million people live in Lusatia. Originally a landscape characterized by wide moor and swamp areas, Lusatia changed into an important energy region in the 20th century. The basis for this was and is the near-surface lignite deposits, which have been mined in large-scale opencast mines since the 1920s and used for electricity generation. With the energy transition towards renewable energy sources, Lusatia is currently experiencing massive economic and social structural changes.