Völkenrode

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.

Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Church in Völkenrode.
Church in Völkenrode.
Coat of arms of Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Location of Völkenrode within Braunschweig
Braunschweig-Völkenrode  is located in Germany
Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Braunschweig-Völkenrode  is located in Lower Saxony
Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
Districturban district
CityBraunschweig
Population
 (2013-12-31)
  Total1,731
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38112
Dialling codes0531
Vehicle registrationBS

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

  1. "Kreisfreie Stadt Braunschweig" (PDF) (in German). statistik.niedersachsen.de.
  2. Christopher, John. The Race for Hitler's X-Planes (The Mill, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2013), pp.25 and 40, and map p.26.
  3. Christopher, pp.9-10.


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