# Tagebau Cottbus-Nordi

- By: Rainer Lippert
- Date: 2016-09-07
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tagebau_Cottbus-Nordi.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Tagebau_Cottbus-Nordi.jpg/1920px-Tagebau_Cottbus-Nordi.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Cottbus-Nord, a former lignite mine in the Lausitz region, operated by Vattenfall Europe Mining AG. Most of the visible area is located in the city of Cottbus; a smaller part touches the Spree-Neisse district. Coal was produced from 1981 until December 23, 2015. After production ended the mining area was rehabilitated. In addition to smaller areas for forestry, a large part of the open pit mine was flooded. With the future Cottbus Baltic it will be the largest lake in the Lusatian days Bause area.