long ▁fight ▁against ▁the ▁depos it ▁of ▁radio active ▁waste ▁in ▁Gor leben , ▁a ▁site ▁chosen ▁by ▁the ▁polit icians ▁of ▁a ▁generation ▁ago ▁precisely ▁because ▁so ▁few ▁people ▁live ▁there . ▁▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁▁ ▁From ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁on wards ▁began ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁greater ▁prosper ity ▁in ▁Germany , ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁reflected ▁in ▁Wend land ▁too ▁with ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁some ▁industry . ▁A ▁few ▁large ▁brick ▁buildings ▁typical ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁called ▁the ▁Gründ er zeit ▁were ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁style , ▁and ▁were ▁often ▁faced ▁side ways ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁green , ▁but ▁these ▁were ▁the ▁exceptions . ▁Most ▁far mers ▁had ▁only ▁enough ▁spare ▁to ▁renov ate ▁their ▁houses , ▁occasionally ▁replacing ▁the ▁half - tim ber ing ▁with ▁brick , ▁or ▁t iling ▁the ▁outside ▁to ▁give ▁better ▁warm th ▁inside . ▁Most ▁Rund ling e ▁surv ived ▁int act . ▁Up ▁to ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁the ▁small ▁scale ▁far ming ▁of ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Wend land ▁was ▁still ▁just ▁sust ain able , ▁although ▁the ▁domestic ▁fla x ▁industry ▁had ▁by ▁then ▁disappeared . ▁Br ief ly ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁Wend land ▁became ▁home ▁to ▁very ▁many ▁refuge es ▁from ▁the ▁east , ▁but ▁the ▁increasing ▁pull ▁of ▁the ▁industrial ised ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁Federal ▁Germany ▁led ▁to ▁many ▁moving ▁on . ▁The ▁subsequent ▁division ▁of ▁Germany