STATE GOVERNMENT SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR THE RESTART OF THE FORMER LIGNITE VILLAGE MORSCHENICH-ALT
To the
Ladies and Gentlemen
from the press, radio, television and online
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear colleagues,
with the early coal phase-out in 2030, RWE Power AG, the federal government and the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia have agreed to preserve six former lignite villages in the Rhenish mining area. Morschenich-Alt is the first village to be revived. The village of Morschenich-Alt will once again become a lively part of the municipality of Merzenich. With funding from the federal government and the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, the village is set to become the first “place of the future” in the Rhenish district. This is a milestone for structural change in the Rhenish district.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023, Georg Gelhausen, Mayor of the municipality of Merzenich, Dr. Lars Kulik, Member of the Executive Board of RWE Power AG and Minister Ina Scharrenbach will give the go-ahead by signing a joint agreement to transfer Morschenich-Alt from RWE Power to the municipality of Merzenich.
We would like to invite you to the press and photo event:
Time: Thursday, December 7, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Location: 52399 Merzenich, Poolplatz, in the CUBITY ATELIER HOUSE of the Findeisen Foundation
Information on how to find us can be found at: https://cubity.stiftung-findeisen.de/en/directions/
For organizational reasons, please register by Wednesday 6 December 2023, 2 p.m., at 0211-8618-4341 or by e-mail: presse@mhkbd.nrw.de
Yours sincerely
signed. Fabian Goetz
Press spokesman
Ministry of Homeland, Municipal Affairs,
Construction and digitalization
Juergensplatz 1
40219 Duesseldorf
0211/8618-4264
presse@mhkbd.nrw.de
www.mhkbd.nrw