INSPIRE-WFS: Managed and Regulated Environmental Zones from German Mining

A Web Feature Service (WFS) provides geospatial data on areas managed, protected, or regulated under environmental policy. The dataset originates from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and offers an overview of influence zones from permanently ceased lignite and alum mining in Brandenburg, Germany. It was last updated on 2026-02-25 and is compliant with the INSPIRE data specification for Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units.

Use Cases

• Map environmental policy zones based on the described 'Management Restriction Or Regulation Zone' feature type
• Analyze the spatial extent of historical mining impacts based on the 'areas of influence' concept
• Integrate regulated area data into environmental impact assessments based on the INSPIRE-compliant schema

Strengths

• Data is compliant with the INSPIRE data specification, ensuring interoperability standards.
• Provides a current overview of influence zones from definitively discontinued mining activities.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-02-25).

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Derived from the original dataset 'Limits of influence of old lignite mining Brandenburg'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-25 00:00:00

Geography

Brandenburg, Germany (focus on historical mining influence zones)