Garzweiler surface mine

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Garzweiler surface mine

Summary

Garzweiler surface mine is an open-pit lignite mine[1]. It draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (open_pit_lignite_mine category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Garzweiler surface mine is located in Rhein-Kreis Neuss[3].
  • Garzweiler surface mine is located in Rhein-Erft District[4].
  • Garzweiler surface mine is located in Heinsberg[5].
  • Garzweiler surface mine is located in Mönchengladbach[6].
  • Garzweiler surface mine is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's instance of is recorded as open-pit lignite mine[8].
  • Garzweiler surface mine is operated by RWE Power[9].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's Commons category is recorded as Tagebau Garzweiler[10].
  • Garzweiler surface mine comprises Garzweiler See[11].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.063888888889, 'lon': 6.5019444444444}[12].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Rhenish lignite mining area[13].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's product or material produced is recorded as lignite[14].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's different from is recorded as Garzweiler[15].
  • Garzweiler surface mine's hashtag is recorded as TagebauGarzweiler[16].

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Geography

Garzweiler surface mine is in the country of Germany[7]. Located in include Rhein-Kreis Neuss[3], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[17], in Germany[18], founded in 1975[19]; Rhein-Erft District[4], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[20], in Germany[21], founded in 1975[22]; Heinsberg[5], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[23], in Germany[24], founded in 1972[25]; and Mönchengladbach[6], a big city[26], in Germany[27].

Designation and Status

Garzweiler surface mine's instance of is recorded as open-pit lignite mine[8].

Why It Matters

Garzweiler surface mine draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (open_pit_lignite_mine category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Has parts
    Has part(s) Garzweiler See
    Different from Garzweiler
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40489|batch #40489]]: open-pit lignite mine,lignite"
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