Völkenrode

Braunschweig-Völkenrode
Stadtteil of Braunschweig

Church in Völkenrode.

Coat of arms
Braunschweig-Völkenrode

Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E / 52.30472; 10.44250Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E / 52.30472; 10.44250
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Braunschweig urban district
City Braunschweig
Population (2013-12-31)
  Total 1,731
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 38112
Dialling codes 0531
Vehicle registration BS

Völkenrode is a quarter of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. Völkenrode, formerly a municipality on its own and part of the district of Braunschweig, was incorporated into the city of Braunschweig in 1974.[1]

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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