Vockerode

Vockerode
Ortsteil of Oranienbaum-Wörlitz

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Vockerode
Coordinates: 51°50′43″N 12°21′5″E / 51.84528°N 12.35139°E / 51.84528; 12.35139Coordinates: 51°50′43″N 12°21′5″E / 51.84528°N 12.35139°E / 51.84528; 12.35139
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz
Area
  Total 18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population (2009-12-31)
  Total 1,581
  Density 83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 06786
Dialling codes 034905
Vehicle registration WB

Vockerode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz. At Vockerode, there was a large coal-fired power plant, the Vockerode Power Plant. On the area of this power plant was the static inverter of world's first HVDC, the Elbe Project.

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