Schöningen is a city of 13,000 inhabitants (2005) in the district of
Helmstedt,
Lower Saxony,
Germany. In its current form, it was created in
1974 by joining the municipalities of Esbeck, Hoiersdorf, and Schöningen. The main industry in Schöningen is open-cast mining of
lignite, which is used for
electricity generation in the Buschhaus plant. Both mining and generation are operated by the BKB AG, open-cast mining will be closed down in
2015. The Buschhaus plant now inhibits three lines of thermal waste treatment.
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