Völkenrode
Braunschweig-Völkenrode | |
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 Church in Völkenrode. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Völkenrode within Braunschweig  | |
  Braunschweig-Völkenrode  Braunschweig-Völkenrode | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | urban district |
| City | Braunschweig |
| Population (2013-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,731 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38112 |
| Dialling codes | 0531 |
| Vehicle registration | BS |
Völkenrode is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. Formerly a municipality in its own right and part of the district of Braunschweig, it was incorporated into the city of Braunschweig in 1974.[1] Today, it is part of the Stadtbezirk Lehndorf-Watenbüttel.
During the Second World War, it was home to the Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt (Aeronautical Research Institute, LFA), a secret facility for airframe, aeroengine, and aircraft weapons testing.[2]
Völkenrode, and the LFA, were visited postwar by the British Ministry of Aircraft Production survey team, headed by Sir Roy Fedden.[3] Today, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt and the former Federal Agricultural Research Centre are located on the former LFA site.
References
- ^ "Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig" (PDF) (in German). statistik.niedersachsen.de.
- ^ Christopher, John. The Race for Hitler's X-Planes (The Mill, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2013), pp.25 and 40, and map p.26.
- ^ Christopher, pp.9-10.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Völkenrode.
- Website (in German)