The Miners and Energy Workers of the Region
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Title
The Miners and Energy Workers of the Region
Subject
Die Berg- und Energiearbeiter der Region (The Miners and Energy Workers of the Region) at the Haus der Berg- und Energiearbeiter (House of the Miners and Energy Workers), now known as Lausitzhalle, made 1983-1984 by Fritz Eisel in Hoyerswerda.
Description
This mosaic mural references the significance of lignite (brown coal) mining and processing in the Lausitz region, which led to formerly rural Hoyerswerda's growth in the 1950s. There, the GDR experimented with designing and constructing a town using standardized, prefabricated architecture and building materials. In the early 1960s, a writer characterized the town as sterile, bleak, and boring, and the experiment is historically considered a failure. Eisel's colorful mosaic mural is likely an attempt to rehabilitate Hoyerswerda's reputation through public art. Today, it is designated as a cultural monument along with the building.
Creator
Fritz Eisel, artist
Jim Cooper, photographer
Source
Flickr
Date
1984
Photograph: July 2010
Rights
Copyright Jim Cooper
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Original Format
Mosaic mural
Collection
Citation
Fritz Eisel, artist and Jim Cooper, photographer, “The Miners and Energy Workers of the Region,” Public Art in East Germany, accessed October 21, 2026, https://charlottedc.net/cms/items/show/5.
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