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Impressions from the power plant Boxberg

As part of the celebrations 50th birthday of my mother in law were allowed to participate in future we in a very personal tour of the lignite power plant Boxberg. Both parents of my loved working there, and her father (his character shift leader) led our group through almost all areas of modern power plant. Sorry, may after the turn because of insufficient efficiency and lack of filter technology parts of the old disused power station visitors must not be entered, although we really would have certainly very interested.

For me personally, this plant constitute a special meaning, except that I am at that time to the turn in the so-called political education (compulsory complementary course, had to hold the late afternoon to those who did not have this specialist chosen voluntarily deeply punished with recreational deprivation and homework into the night) a comprehensive presentation on environmental problems in the former GDR and of course also to the production of energy from brown coal have not passed. In the 80 years was Boxberg with a total installed capacity of 3520 megawatts, the largest power station in the East and the largest lignite-fired power plant in Europe.

is after closure of 12 older DDR blocks from the 60s and 70s, with 1,900 MW Boxberg nationally ranked only ninth After completion of the currently under construction, but it is new block R with 2570 MW after all, become number 4 are (behind the two current "leaders" Niederaußem and Jänschwalde and the skyscraper-building in Neurath near Grevenbroich, to go with its two new blocks in spite of various fatal accidents on the "largest construction site in Europe" allegedly still operating in 2010, which this power plant, with a total of 4,400 MW, the undisputed number 1 would be).

The tour of the plant Boxberg was very impressive. However, it is difficult, the huge scale of the facilities to describe someone who has not seen it with my own eyes. Already the turbine hall is huge, but still nothing compared to the building that the combustion chamber with huge houses and almost 160 meters the size of a skyscraper has grown - even if a viewer is estimating the actual amount given the total absence of visible external hard floors. The view from the roof of the main building is certainly breathtaking.

most of its nearly 300 meter high chimneys have been blown up or wear as they were no longer needed for the retrofit of flue gas washing. But now determine the new buildings of the huge block from the 90s or the current construction and their scarcely less massive cooling towers of the image. Currently they are still accompanied by a whole battery of older cooling towers from the time of the GDR, of which, however, also have been some demolition. The view extends far beyond the mines that supply the power needed from the lignite. By a natural landscape can hardly be discussed in this area, which can not conceal the back immigrant wolves.

I would like to show here photos from inside the power plant, but I guess that the operator Vattenfall most probably would have something against it. Against some exterior shots of the power plant and a few views from the roof would probably not be objectionable, however. In addition, there are a few shots from an old switchboard from the early days of the power plant in the power plant's own museum. Since the technology still looked really cute! And there was some truth in fact or as a user can touch. The same Russian components should be way, been used on the space station MIR.

At the end of the article a few spektatuläre photos coming from the lowest part of the combustion chamber, where you can look through a whole battery of timed with special glass doors. In view of these images that seem to rank with a view to the very heart of hell, it is a rather difficult to realize, is that this is in fact only the glowing and burning ash, and that is the actual combustion process, which to generate steam for power generation and thus produces usable energy, more than 100 meters will take place earlier.

Exterior view of the largest power station block (907 MW):



view from the power plant roof on the older cooling towers



view from the roof on the most modern cooling tower:



"bulk sedimentation and re-recording device (bucket):



Russian control panel with brightly painted circuits:



That was still right technology "hands":



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The full family Dröhnung

put the last four days for me the highlight and culmination of an all much in particular busy month since. After having early November a new project at a software company in Dortmund had begun, which asked me the week almost every day for 10 hours, was the end of the month marked by a completely different event from significantly more private nature. The mother of my loved ones, so that (if nothing goes wrong), my future mother in law, celebrated on 26 November 50th Birthday. With this statement as fact is not entirely correct already, because virtually was celebrated throughout of 26 to 29 November. And my sweetheart and I were invited for the whole program in the Lausitz.

But that's not enough: I loved my family had not previously met, put this invitation at the same time my first visit with her parents dar. Fortunately, this should be - in the original schedule, according to - be at least quasi in installments. On Thursday (after about seven hours of arrival with a variety of jams) we should have been expected, only the mother's own site, while the father would have been still on the way to pick up his parents and had them published on Friday on the scene. And finally on Saturday I would have to get to know the entire rest of the family. Unless, as I said, the plan.

finally arrived in the Lausitz, however, the situation was completely different dar. In intimate circle waiting for us in the living room of the family not only the parents of my loved ones, but also all four grandparents, an uncle and, moreover, even the family cat, incidentally, the biggest cat I've ever seen. Luckily I was at least completely ignored this, but otherwise I had my hands full, to avoid any embarrassment and faux pas and otherwise to make a good impression. Fortunately, it was also at least a brief respite, as we have had to relate to us the rented room in the local leisure facility. However, it was a very long and tiring week, but at least no one has eaten or torn me in the air. After

was over in this way, the worst part, we have the following Friday for several hours squashed and visited a friend of my loved ones in white water. This, we first presented with a large fruit basket and then dragged to their surprise about geocaching. What she has held in the end it is not clear to me, but at least we have something come all this way to fresh air, between us the whole ceremony certainly did at one time quite well. We also have in common a bit the now largely renovated castle, and finally the palace gardens of Prince Pückler viewed in Bad Muskau.

was now even more relatives arrived, so I started so slow track to lose. After a hearty dinner of the evening was spent bowling, but where I could depend on the participants significantly less athletic, but the "professionals" as usual could not hold a candle. Also, bowling is just not quite my sport, but I have never ever pretended to be a particularly sporty type. On Saturday morning we went to a very specific guide to the brown coal power plant Boxberg work in which both parents of my loved ones. For me this represented one of the highlights of the weekend, which I will report separately on occasion still.

The Saturday evening was finally the culmination of the celebrations for 50. Birthday present the hostess. Meanwhile, apparently even more relatives had appeared to also add some neighbors and work colleagues, and so now my darling knew, with the majority of the guests not to start a lot. A sumptuous feast was served including game courts, and subsequently, an important part of the workforce amuses again in bowling, while the rest in small and larger small groups talked about this and that.

For me, the evening began at this time to be boring, which is not also by the subsequent emergence of an estimated 20 other colleagues of the birthday child's grave changed. Finally, I had absolutely with most of those present no common topic of conversation, and the few other most of the time were besieged by other people. Especially that a colleague was irritated in the truest sense of the word "animal" by some stories about his apparently operated as a hobby breeding, so that was me at some point nothing else left but to look into the distance before it was to me so went to the rim, I would have to be rude. Instead, I would then have been working through the more interesting parts of the beverages.

Also as a great surprise and after a lot of secrecy prior brought forth is the birthday song co-workers for the hostess with self-written text could the evening somehow not as completely uproot. Although I am still wondering why the fellow felt the need to explicitly warn their serenade before the daughter of the birthday child. Well, people, you had me had better have said before, at least I am now since the beginning of February, this same daughter together. In any case, could the self-recognized musicians, the famous phrase "Sing, who singing given" to attend to, unfortunately, only half, so I was very glad when they finished. Some time later it was over, and we were tired and exhausted into bed.

The next morning was already completely dominated by departure mood. Pretty much everyone present (now "only" the pretty extended family) had been exhausted by the festivities. Thus, at breakfast relatively quietly destroyed the abundant leftovers from dinner. Although my sweetheart and I had by far the longest trip home, we stayed the longest and departed just before lunch. Our hosts seemed to be so fixed and all that it gave no more extensive adoption of the whole effort. So we went for the long and time-consuming way back, but not without previously felt with half a trunk full of homemade Christmas cake to have been equipped.

This was a long weekend to be relatively peaceful end. Well, what do you mean actually "end" - after all I had after I had gotten from Thursday to Sunday, the full family Dröhnung us go until the Ruhr back and occasionally insert into the bargain for several hours stopover at home in Bielefeld, because I still had to give my VAT returns in November (for before December 10 I'm not home, where I have all needed documents together). But even that has somehow still works. Perfectly done, we fell into bed shortly before midnight - but this is not to say that today I would not like again at the crack of dawn to get up.

At least I seem simultaneous presentation to virtually the entire family, my loved ones survived fairly, without prejudice to have. I did not fool me, no one has shown me with anger, perhaps I may even one or the other, but to really find out the time was too short and the crowd of invited guests will once again have clearly much too large. As regards, however monstrous such celebrations in the largest possible circle, so I had to once again say that I still to some extent they are contrary. When we come eventually to the idea of getting married, we should consider for any urgent mode in which alone the selected location, the number of participants limits dramatically. Maybe in a hot air balloon. Or in a mini-submarine. Or in a moon rocket ...

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Impressions from the Leinbachtal (Pfalz)

For professional reasons I am currently blogging, unfortunately, not to the usual detailed comments on the major and minor world events. To compensate, I would like to show here but at least once a few impressions from the beautiful Leinbachtal in the Palatinate. Straight in the fall when the leaves on the trees are colorful and fall gradually to the ground, this beautiful area shows a very charming side. You leaning back looking at the pictures, enjoy and dream - perhaps by its own beautiful autumn trip to the Palatinate Forest in the next year ...

Leinbach and Biedenbacherwoog:



Biedenbacherwoog and old pasture pond:



Another Woog higher up the valley:



Autumn at the raft pond



The old bridge over the Leinbach:



October sun flooding over the trail:



light and shade in the leaves:



hike through the autumn forest:



strange wood-work of art along the way:



Small Steps , of leaves covered:



Still life with various shades of brown:



look up into the dwindling forest canopy: