Strategy & Management Development for the World Heritage Initiative of the Lusatian Opencast Mining Landscape (LIL-SME) (externally funded project)

Sustainable implementation of Sorbian/Wendish needs and expertise in the World Heritage process

After the preparation and successful submission of a tentative application for the Lusatian post-mining landscape within the LIL-World Heritage project, in which minority cultural aspects were implemented, the Sorbian Institute (SI) will continue this development in the current BMBF-funded follow-up project LIL-SME. The necessity of an inclusive participation of the Sorbs/Wends in the World Heritage process in terms of content and structure arises not only from the fact that two thirds of the World Heritage study area overlap with the ancestral settlement area of the Sorbs/Wends, but also from the enormous burdens of the past resettlements for the Sorbian population and culture.
The aim of the overall project is to show new connections to the post-mining landscape and impulses for the increased use of this globally exceptional landscape for regional development. The World Heritage Initiative thus serves as an instrument of structural change in Lusatia. This project of the SI comprises the analysis of the minority cultural needs and expertise as well as the development and implementation of various participation forms both for the Sorbian population and their interest groups. The knowledge gained from this process will be incorporated into the marketing and tourism concept as well as the concept for protecting the Lusatian post-mining landscape.

Cooperations:

• Institute for Heritage Management GmbH, Cottbus
• Institut für Neue Industriekultur INIK GmbH, Cottbus
• Brandenburg University of Technology BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, FG ABWL
• Tourismusverband Lausitzer Seenland e. V.

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