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Völkenrode

Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E / 52.30472; 10.44250
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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 / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E / 52.30472; 10.44250
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

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

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  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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