Hoyerswerda, a town two hours beyond Dresden close to the Polish ¬border, has lost half its population in the last 20 years. It is an ¬ageing ghost town. The young and those with qualifications have left - young women especially. And those that remain have given up having babies. Hoyerswerda (known to its citizens as Hoy Woy) seems a town without a purpose, in a corner of Europe without a future.
