Students:Group Five

Similarities on both sides of the border - Czech and German

 * unemployment rate
 * bad infrastructure for the people
 * no big businessbesides of heavy industry depended on coal mining
 * common history before WW II

Differences between Czech and German side of the border

 * awareness of cultural heritage and roots
 * importance for the national energy supply
 * average age differs as many young germans leave the region
 * language barriers onboth sides of the border espacially among older people
 * UNESCO process: Germany regionally wanted in Czech national gov's initiative
 * Germany doesn't have any ressources left
 * direct impact of mining is different: Czech regions are affect in health issues, German region is not affected anymore.
 * no awareness of mining limit discussion in Germany