Agriculture in the GDR was an important part of the economy and daily life. The government placed great emphasis on agricultural production to supply the population with food and to meet the demand for raw materials for industrial production. Agriculture was centralised and controlled by state corporations. There were no private farmers, only agricultural production cooperatives (LPGs) run by the government.

The agricultural production cooperatives (LPGs) were responsible for the following

The LPGs were responsible for the cultivation of grain, fruit and vegetables as well as animal husbandry. There were also large state-owned agricultural enterprises that specialised in the cultivation of commodities such as sugar beet, cotton and tobacco. The government placed great emphasis on the mechanisation of agriculture and promoted the use of modern technology to increase productivity. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, there was a reform of agriculture that ushered in greater privatisation and a transition to market-based systems.

Historical pictures and photos of agriculture in the GDR

Photos, pictures and images of agriculture and agribusiness in the GDR in the years 1940 to 1990. From crop production with a focus on arable farming and the further production directions of horticulture (incl. fruit growing and ornamental plant cultivation) and viticulture to animal production with the different directions depending on the animal species, for example pig production, cattle production, poultry production, sheep production, fish farming:

The 2020 UEC European Track Championships is the eleventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and will take place at the Kolodruma in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, between 11 and 15 November 2020. In this gallery / photo collection you will find the following pictures: 2020 UEC European Track Championships photos. The gallery / photo collection contains photos and images of the cyclists. From detailed photos, pictures of races, successes and defeats to victories and award ceremonies. Simply select pictures from the photo gallery (by clicking on the picture or picture number), order, download and use them.

Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria. Plovdiv was one of the European Capitals of Culture 2019, along with Matera from Italy, and has a fascinating old town with churches and mosques, but above all a suburb characterised by the socialist architectural style. Our photographer has explored both views of Plovdiv. You will find well over 200 selected images in our photo collection.

Whether of the railway station area and the station building designed by Mimar Kemaleddin, the Archaeological Museum or the churches Sveta Bogoroditsa as well as Sveta Nedelia and the minaret of the Djumaya Mosque. You can find a compact summary of all these in our photo gallery. The houses in the historical city centre from the era of the National Revival should not be missed like on the Hisar Kapija. Neither should the monument to the Soviet soldier “Alyosha” on the Bunardzhik hill.

In preparation for the European Track Cycling Championships (2020 UEC TRACK ELITE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from 11th to 15th November a photo shooting of the training of the German national team took place. In the Velodrom in Frankfurt / Oder the track cycling team of the German Cycling Federation (Bund Deutscher Radfahrer BDR) is training for the European Championships.

Selected photos of the training on 29 October 2020 can be found here and for direct download in our picture database

Selected match photos of the match between Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot Weiß Oberhausen on 24 October 2020 at the Essen stadium. The match was part of the 11th matchday of the Regionalliga West of the season 2020/2021. Final score of the derby was 3:0 in front of 500 spectators. Due to the Corona Pandemic, no more spectators were allowed. The photos include match scenes, players and coaches as well as fans.

The Tour of Flanders (“De Ronde van Vlaanderen”, “Vlaanderens mooiste”) is one of the most popular one-day races in Belgium. The cycle race is one of the five monuments of cycling. The traditional women’s race now (since 2016) takes place as part of the newly introduced UCI Women’s WorldTour. “De Ronde van Vlaanderen” traditionally takes place in the spring. But due to the Corona pandemic, the 2020 women’s race was held on 18 October 2020.

The winner in 2020 was Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak (netherland) from Team Boels Dolmans after a strong acceleration on the Oude Kwaremont and a subsequent solo run. In contrast to the previous races, De Brabantse Pijl and Gent-Wevelgem, the peloton was able to break away early in the Tour of Flanders. Second place went to Amy Pieters, also from Team Boels Dolmans. The Belgian champion followed in third place, sprinted to second place, ahead of the Belgian champion in the individual time trial Lotte Kopecky (Team Lotto Soudal).

Top 15 Results 2020

  1. Chantal van den broek – Blaak
  2. Amy Pieters
  3. Lotte Kopecky
  4. Lisa Brennauer
  5. Sarah Roy
  6. Alena Amialiusik
  7. Demi Vollering
  8. Elisa Longo Borghini
  9. Lauren Stephens
  10. Marta Cavalli
  11. Anna Van der Breggen
  12. Floortje Mackaij
  13. Riejanne Markus
  14. Grace Brown
  15. Annemiek Van Vleuten

The Tour of Flanders (“De Ronde van Vlaanderen”, “Vlaanderens mooiste”) is one of the most popular one-day races in Belgium. The cycle race is one of the five monuments of cycling. “De Ronde van Vlaanderen” traditionally takes place in spring. But due to the Corona pandemic, the 2020 race, the 104th edition of De Ronde van Vlaanderen was held on 18 October 2020.

After a group around Mühlberger (Bora-hansgrohe), Peyskens (Bingoal – Wallonia Bruxelles), Van Poppel (Circus-Wanty Gobert), Van den Bossche (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Battistella (NTT Pro Cycling Team) and Van Hoecke (Team CCC) had been the runaways for a long time, someone else won the race in the end. The narrow winner of the Tour of Flanders 2020 was Mathieu van der Poel from the Netherlands of Team Alpecin-Fenix. And he deserved it, because he set the pace on the final climb of the Oude Kwaremont. Wout van Aert from Belgium (Team Telenet-Fidea) came second, ahead of Alexander Kristoff from Norway (Team Glud & Marstrand Horsens).

The Scheldeprijs is the oldest one-day race in the world. Named after the river Schelde, the road cycle race was first held in Flanders, Belgium, in 1907. The route runs from Antwerp to Schoten.

Due to the corona pandemic, the race in 2020 did not take place in spring but on 14 October 2020.

The winner was the Australian Caleb Ewan from Team Lotto Soudal, actually ahead of the German Pascal Ackermann from Team BORA-hansgrohe. However, he was deprived of second place because he is said to have caused the serious crash of several riders in the mass sprint. Second place went to Niccolò Bonifazio of the Total Direct Energie team, and third place to Bryan Coquard of the B&B Hotels – Vital Concept P/B KTM team.

The classic one-day race Gent-Wevelgem (since 2016 Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields) is one of the most famous Belgian road cycling races. It has been held on the roads of the Belgian western provinces since 1934 and, although it stands out for its relatively flat profile, it has a short but enormously steep and unasphalted climb with the Kemmelberg. These gradients are typical of the region and are called “Helling” in Flemish. Since 2011 the race is part of the follow-up series UCI WorldTour.

Gent Wevelgem is made for sprinters, so the winners are usually the sprinter professionals. Due to the Corona Pandemic the race in 2020 did not take place in spring, but on 11 October 2020 parallel to the women’s race.

The winner was the Dane Mads Pedersen from the Trek-Segafredo team ahead of Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Matteo Trentin (CCC Team). Best German was John Degenkolb from Team Lotto Soudal in sixth place.

The Arrow of Brabant (also Brabantse Pijl or La Flèche Brabançonne) is a one-day cycling race in the Belgian province of Brabant. The route runs with 28 climbs from Leuven to Overijse southeast of Brussels. The race is now part of the UCI ProSeries. Normally the race is held in spring, but due to the Corona Pandemic in 2020, the race was held on October 7, 2020. The winner of this traditional race was Julian ALAPHILIPPE

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège cycle race, also known as La Doyenne, is one of the oldest one-day races in the world and is one of the so-called five monuments of cycling. Normally the race is held in spring, but due to the Corona Pandemic in 2020, the race was held on October 4, 2020.

This year, two Slovenians were the trump card. The winner was Primož Roglič from Slovenia ahead of Marc Hirschi from Switzerland and Tadej Pogačar also from Slovenia.

The special feature: Julian Alaphilippe already raised his arms to victory on the finish line, but Primož Roglič just passed him. In addition, Julian Alaphilippe was relegated because he blocked Marc Hirschi before.

The Women’s Liège–Bastogne–Liège (French: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes) is the women’s event of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an annual road bicycle racing event in Wallonia, Belgium, held in late April. Because of the Corona Pandemic in 2020 it was held in October.

The BinckBank Tour is a bicycle race that is held in the Netherlands and Belgium as a stage race. In the year 2020 the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won.

Selected match photos of the match between Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna Düsseldorf U23 on 02 October 2020 at the Essen stadium. The match took place within the 7th matchday of the Regionalliga West of the season 2020/2021. Final score of the Regionalligspiel was 2:0 (Dennis Grote, Cedric Harenbrock) in front of 5,000 spectators. For the first time since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, more than 300 spectators attended an RWE home game. The game was played under increased hygiene measures. With various stadium entrances and information boards. The photos include match scenes, players and coaches as well as fans and numerous roundabout photos of this unique football event.

La Flèche Wallonne (Walloon Arrow) is a road cycling race held annually in Belgium since 1936. The classic one-day race is part of the UCI WorldTour and is considered one of the important spring classics of cycling. Due to the Corona Pandemic, the 2020 edition of the race took place in autumn. On September 30th, the elite men tortured their way up the “Wall of Huy” (The Mur de Huy). The winner of the 84th edition of Flèche Wallonne was Marc Hirschi from the Swiss team Sunweb after 202 kilometers. He won ahead of Frenchman Benoit Cosnefroy (Equipe cycliste AG2R LA MONDIALE) and Michael Woods (EF Education First). Marc Hirschi is only the second Swiss after Ferdy Kübler to win the classic La Flèche Wallone.

Random photos of the elite women’s road race La Fleche Wallonne on September 30, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):

The perfect week for Anna van der Breggen. First double world champion in Imola and on September 30th again a success, this time with the leather Walloon Arrow, at “La Fleche Wallonne Feminine“. La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional cycling race for women that takes place every year in April in Wallonia, Belgium. This year, however, due to the Corona pandemic, the race took place in autumn. The women’s race is a little shorter than the men’s race but also includes a 22 percent climb on the “Wall of Huy” (The Mur de Huy) as a final sprint.

As in previous years, the Dutch Anna van der Breggen shone once again in the 2020 version of La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. For the sixth time in a row, she won the classic race, making her the sole record holder.

Random photos of the elite women’s road race La Fleche Wallonne Feminine on September 30, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):

The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The men’s road race took place on September 27 over an impressive 258.2 kilometers. At the end of the Imola title race, a more than deserved winner was chosen: Julian Alaphilippe. The Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, known for his hussar rides, once again proved his strength on such a difficult terrain and launched an attack on the last climb about 12 km before the finish, which none of the leading group of 25 at that time could follow.

Julian Alaphilippe: Fotos vom Weltmeister im Straßenrennen
Julian Alaphilippe: Fotos vom Weltmeister im Straßenrennen

A group of five riders crossed the finish line 24 seconds behind, from which the Belgian Wout van Aert sprinted for the silver medal ahead of the young Swiss Marc Hirschi.

Random photos of the elite men road race UCI World Road Championships on September 26, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):

The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The women’s road race took place on September 26th. The winner was Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands. She became double world champion after winning the time trial.

Anna van der Breggen won ahead of the strong Swiss Marlen Reusser and the Dutch Ellen van Dijk. After success at the Giro d’Italia, she had already indicated her hunger for victory for these World Championships and was then underlined in the road race. When a group leading by more than two minutes was repositioned about 43 kilometers before the finish line, among others with the German champion Lisa Brennauer, the defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands attacked immediately afterwards. Despite her broken wrist in the Giro, she was at the start and was also able to put on an excellent performance. She was followed by Anna van der Breggen, the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini and the Dane Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, and later also the British Elizabeth Deignan.

Anna van Breggen photos from the road world champion 2020

Then it was Anna van der Breggen, who made an irresistible attack 41 kilometers before the end, extended her lead to 1:20 minutes and won her second World Championship title ahead of Annemiek van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini. In the chasing group, which lost 2:01 minutes, the young Liane Lippert was the best German, finishing in an excellent fifth place behind Marianne Vos, thus once again confirming the Dutch dominance in the women’s event. The 9th place of the strong Lisa Brennauer, who won the spurt of the main field, underlined the outstanding form of the Germans, who had already convinced in the individual time trial with the ungrateful 4th place.

Random photos of the elite women’s road race UCI World Road Championships on September 26, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):

The 87th UCI Road World Championships were held in Imola, Italy and the Emilia-Romagna region from September 24 to 27. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that will be raging in 2020, only the road races and the individual time trials for women and men of the elite were held. The men’s individual time trial took place on September 24th at the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari of Imola.

The women’s race was won on the 31.7 kilometer circuit, which is just as long as the men’s, by co-favorite Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands, ahead of Marlen Reusser from Switzerland and Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands. 51 female riders started, 49 of whom crossed the finish line. The defending champion Chloé Dygert retired due to a serious crash. Olga Sabelinskaja, Uzbekistan champion, gave up the race. Anna van der Breggen completed the lap with an altitude difference of 200 meters in 40:20.14 minutes, which meant an average speed of 47.157 kilometers per hour. She was thus 15.58 seconds faster than Marlen Reusser and 31.46 seconds faster than third-placed Ellen van Dijk. Best German driver was Lisa Brennauer in fourth place, 45.06 seconds behind the winner.

Random photos of the elite women’s individual time trial UCI World Road Championships on September 25, 2020 (more under the direct link below to the image database):

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