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Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Street sign to the relocation site for Keyenberg, Kuckum, Unterwestrich, Oberwestrich and Berverath, the places had to give way to the RWE open-cast lignite mine in Garzweiler,
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