{"id":214140,"date":"2023-09-08T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214140"},"modified":"2023-09-08T18:48:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:48:55","slug":"michael-schumachers-village-left-abandoned-with-just-12-people-still-living-and-its-set-to-be-completely-torn-down-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/michael-schumachers-village-left-abandoned-with-just-12-people-still-living-and-its-set-to-be-completely-torn-down-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schumacher\u2019s village left abandoned with just 12 PEOPLE still living – and it's set to be completely torn down | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

MICHAEL Schumacher's home town has just 12 people living in it after becoming abandoned as it prepares to be completely torn down.<\/p>\n

Kerpen-Manheim, located around 20 miles outside the city of Cologne in western Germany, is set to meet a tragic end.<\/p>\n


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It is set to be flattened in order to make way for Germany's largest open-pit coal mine – the Hambach surface mine.<\/p>\n

This is despite a statutory plan being put in place to phase out coal within the country in 2029.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the excavators are set to begin their destruction in 2024.<\/p>\n

But three things will remain intact, including the listed St. Albanus and Leonhardus church and Schumacher's childhood home – restored by Michael's brother Ralf.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI grew up with lots of animals. Of course, that leaves its mark,\u201d Ralf told Auto Bild. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd since, thanks to the Greens [political party], my entire hometown didn\u2019t fall victim to lignite mining after all.<\/p>\n

The legendary Erftlandring go-kart track, where the seven-time Formula One world champion honed his skills, will also remain.<\/p>\n

This was where Michael's parents took him once he had crashed his motorcycle engine-powered pedal kart, built by his Dad, into a lamp post.<\/p>\n

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The go-kart track, which was recently served by Ralf as the youth director, helped to discover a new generation of talent.<\/p>\n

"I was the youth director until recently, but now someone else is doing it, which makes sense because I can\u2019t always be on site,\u201d said Ralf on the Kerpen-Manheim track.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m glad that the kart track is still there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been newly asphalted and parts of it are on land that belongs to me. I live right next door.<\/p>\n

"We try to promote young German drivers, which is hard enough in Germany at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The surviving infrastructure in Kerpen-Manheim will show just how much the area has benefited from Schumacher's success, at least.<\/p>\n

The area also holds extra sentimental value for the Schumacher family because it is where Michael married his wife, Corinna, in 1995.<\/p>\n

However, the house at Forsthausstrasse 92, where the couple first moved into together, is no longer there.<\/p>\n

For everyone else who has come and gone throughout Kerpen-Manheim's history, the town will soon become a distant memory.<\/p>\n

That is, however, despite the fact it has basically worn down to nothing as a result of its abandonment over the years.<\/p>\n

With just 12 residents to its name, Kerpen-Manheim waits patiently for its demolition, with overgrown roads and boarded up houses dominating the landscape.<\/p>\n

As for Michael himself, he remains out of the public eye following his tragic skiing accident in 2013.<\/p>\n

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