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Völkenrode

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Quarter of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Location of Völkenrode within Braunschweig

52°18′17″N 10°26′33″E / 52.30472°N 10.44250°E / 52.30472; 10.44250CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistricturban district CityBraunschweig Population

(2013-12-31)

• Total1,731Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

38112

Dialling codes0531Vehicle 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

^ "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.