V a t t e n f a l l - Sweden´s other face

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On March 1st, 1994, the State Government announces that West German power companies (today: RWE, E.on etc.) are buying LAUBAG and the VEAG from the Federal Treuhandanstalt, contracts being back-dated to January 1st. The purchase price comprises an immediate payment of 2.45 billion DM plus later instalments (for VEAG a single payment in 2012, for LAUBAG approximately 50-60 Mio. DM annually up to 2038, according to the amount of brown coal mined.
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On March 14th, 1994, the Brandenburg State Mining Office approves LAUBAG's Outline Mining Plan for the Jänschwalde mine. Horno and a number of other municipalities, including the city of Guben, file objections with the Oberbergamt. Ninety per cent of Horno house-owners file individual objections.
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On June 7th, 1994, the Brandenburg Oberbergamt rejects all objections to the approval of LAUBAG's Outline Mining Plan for the Jänschwalde mine.
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In July 1994, the DOMOWINA files suit with the Brandenburg Constitutional Court against the State Government's decree clearing the way for the destruction of Horno.
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On July 6th, 1994, Horno and ten other municipalities, including the city of Guben, file suit at the Administration Court (Verwaltungsgericht) in Cottbus against the Oberbergamt, proposing that approval of LAUBAG's outline mining plan for the Jänschwalde mine be rescinded. This suit lay unattended on the desks of a number of Administration Court judges for almost five years, a clear infringement of the right to due process at court, which is guaranteed in the German Federal Constitution.
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In mid-July 1994, the Grüne Liga Brandenburg ('Green League'), an officially recognized environmental association, files suit at the Administration Court in Cottbus against approval of LAUBAG's Outline Mining Plans for the three Brandenburg brown-coal mines, claiming that obligatory environmental impact assessments have not been carried out.
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In mid-November 1994, Horno mayor Bernd Siegert visits the European Parliament and gives a detailed account of the threat to Horno to around 40 parliamentarians from all parties.
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Early in 1995, the Horno village council reiterates its intention to erect a small wind power plant on the Horno Hill, to point the way to sustainable, environmentally-compatible alternative energy.The project was not realized due to the State Government's refusal to provide financial support.
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On March 8th, 1995, Horno and nine other municipalities file suit with the Brandenburg Constitutional Court against the State Government's decree declaring the Brown Coal Plan for the Jänschwalde Mine to be binding.
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