Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war
09-05-2025 13:23 via theguardian.com

Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war

Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people dividedDeep in the woods that inspired the Brothers Grimm, past the tower from which Rapunzel threw down her hair and the castle in which Sleeping Beauty slumbered, lies a construction site that the far right has declared a crime against national soil and identity.In this quiet corner of Germany’s “fairytale forest”, workers are clearing land and building access roads to erect 18 win
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