![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/michael-schumachers-village-left-abandoned-with-just-12-people-still-living-and-its-set-to-be-completely-torn-down/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23875950-1694188575372.jpg&description=LEGEND'S HOME Michael Schumacher's village left abandoned with just 12 PEOPLE still living – and it's set to be completely torn down MICHAEL Schumacher's home town has just 12 people living in it after becoming abandoned as it prepares to be completely torn down. Kerpen-Manheim, located around 20 miles outside the city of Cologne in western Germany, is set to meet a tragic end. 6 Michael Schumacher's hometown of Kerpen-Manheim, Western-Germany, is set to be completely torn down in 2024 Credit: Getty 6 It is set to be flattened in order to make way for Germany's largest open-pit coal mine - the Hambach surface mine Credit: Getty 6 F1 legend Michael Schumacher grew up in Kerpen-Manheim before becoming a seven-time world champion Credit: AFP It is set to be flattened in order to make way for Germany's largest open-pit coal mine - the Hambach surface mine. This is despite a statutory plan being put in place to phase out coal within the country in 2029. Nonetheless, the excavators are set to begin their destruction in 2024. 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. 'I grew up with lots of animals. Of course, that leaves its mark,' Ralf told Auto Bild. 'And since, thanks to the Greens [political party], my entire hometown didn't fall victim to lignite mining after all. The legendary Erftlandring go-kart track, where the seven-time Formula One world champion honed his skills, will also remain. 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. The go-kart track, which was recently served by Ralf as the youth director, helped to discover a new generation of talent. "I was the youth director until recently, but now someone else is doing it, which makes sense because I can't always be on site,' said Ralf on the Kerpen-Manheim track. 'But I'm glad that the kart track is s){kind=link}
MICHAEL Schumacher’s home town has just 12 people living in it after becoming abandoned as it prepares to be completely torn down.
Kerpen-Manheim, located around 20 miles outside the city of Cologne in western Germany, is set to meet a tragic end.
It is set to be flattened in order to make way for Germany’s largest open-pit coal mine – the Hambach surface mine.
This is despite a statutory plan being put in place to phase out coal within the country in 2029.
Nonetheless, the excavators are set to begin their destruction in 2024.