Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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							Broadband for all in Cochem-ZellA rural district and five municipality associations joined forces to build a broadband system and push their region forward 
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							Algae biogas conceptWith CO2 and heat from biogas facilities, researchers are breeding algae as a raw material for cosmetics and biodiesel 
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							Metropolitan area project – “Thalia Cultural Landscapes”With readings and plays, actors transform historic buildings into extraordinary cultural venues in the country 
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							An artists' village as power plantArtists are developing aesthetic models for energy production that are fuelling debate about green electricity in the country 
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							“Theater Altes Hallenbad” in Friedberg / HessenCitzens restore an art nouveau pool, turning it into a cultural venue 
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							“Cultivation of Peat Moss” research projectResearchers are obtaining substrates for gardening from moss in an attempt to create a new branch of agriculture 
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							“Lively learning about the country” teaching conceptTeaching at farms, male and female farmers get young people interested in country life and work 
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							Country youth Klimawald Schleswig-HolsteinYoung people collect donations to plant a new forest area in the country 
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							NatuRaum – the innovative tech lab in the countryYoung people from cities and the country learn how to tap nature for successful inventions 
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							CLAAS-Telekom industry 4.0 in agricultureMobile radio and sensor technology make farmers' work easier 
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							Standardized communication with the M2M TeledeskAgricultural equipment used on farms and in fields is coordinated via a central platform by mobile radio 
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							entia - good things that smileAn online shop has created a sales platform that can be used by workshops for people with disabilities throughout Germany 
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							acs – competence centre for cost efficient productionSuppliers, higher education institutions, and municipalities in the country jointly promote the development of innovative car parts 
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							Children's academy in a rural region – art instead of TVAn artist introduces village children from uneducated families to painting, photography, and music 
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							SmartRegion PellwormThe first intelligent electricity network enables residents to use renewable energy where it is generated – locally 
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							“Future of the villages in South Westphalia” networkAn agency motivates people in the country to join forces to develop perspectives for their home villages 
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							Young buys old – municipal programme against abandoned buildingsA municipality helps families to buy old buildings in the town centre, preventing the area from becoming abandoned 
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							“Smart Villages” research projectStudents turn a village into a field laboratory and investigate how dying villages can safeguard their future 
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							OPERNALE – the opera festival in the rural northA volunteer opera festival tours the country and livens up the regional cultural scene 
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							B. Braun Children's and Youth Weeks - “Research needs young talent”Annual research weeks stoke children and youth's enthusiasm for experimenting and making discoveries 
 
	 
	 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				