Volume 92 (2025), Edition 2

This article examines the interactions between landscape imaginaries and reclamation practices using the example of Lake Senftenberg, which was created in the 1970s, the peak of GDR environmental policy, and is regarded both as the GDR’s most...

Using the example of the discussions surrounding the plans to establish a national park in the rocky landscape of Saxon Switzerland, the paper focuses on the specific relationship of the GDR to nature and the environment. After the political and...

Quarry ponds have been, and remain, central sites for the technical production of nature as nature. This article therefore focuses on the practices of recological restoration of sand and gravel pits in the second half of the 20th century, examining...