Völkenrode

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Völkenrode
City of Braunschweig
Völkenrode coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 17 ″  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 74 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1743  (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 38112
Area code : 0531
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Location Völkenrodes in Braunschweig
"Klever Bleeke" green area
"Klever Bleeke" green area

Völkenrode is a district of Braunschweig . The place was incorporated into Lower Saxony in 1974 as part of the regional reform . It is located northwest of the city center and belongs to the city district 321 - Lehndorf-Watenbüttel . The district is considered "upscale" , also because of its proximity to the Marina Bortfeld yacht harbor in Bortfeld , which was built in 2009 , the partly historical building fabric and various new construction projects in the higher-priced segment.

history

In 1344 the place is mentioned for the first time in a document as "Villa Volkingrode", a ducal fiefdom of the Lords of Weferlingen . However, the area was already settled before, as urn finds from the end of the 19th century, which were discovered during the planting of asparagus fields south of the settlement, prove. They are assigned to the Jastorf culture (around 600 to 500 BC).

Völkenrode
Official Atlas of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel by Gottfried Mascop, 1574.
The first cartographic representation of Völkenrode in 1574 in the official atlas of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel by Gottfried Mascop .

Völkenrode was originally one of the so-called Rundling villages and was arranged around a central square (today Pöttgerbrink). To the east of it was a second settlement core that had formed around the green square (today the village square). Among other things, new settlers from the deserted Rischau had settled here. In the years 1566 to 1569, 26 farms, so-called Kotsassen , were registered in Völkenrode .

In 1743 the village was almost completely destroyed in a great fire. Only two old houses in the village have survived from before. However, the church building was completely burned down and was rebuilt in 1744. In 1894 a Rieselgut , Gut Steinhof , was added to Völkenrode and from 1916 to 1923 it was opened up with the construction of the Celle – Braunschweig railway line. Today, the railway line is only used by the recycling company Alba and the VW logistics center in Harvesse for weekly wagon transports. With the “Asparagus Express”, however, there are plans to reactivate the railway line for passenger traffic.

Aeronautical Research Institute

After the seizure of power by the Nazi Party in 1933 was from the Ministry of Aviation , a new branch of research set up, searched for a suitable site and the German Research Institute for Aviation was purchased (DFL or LFA) from the 1936th

The city of Braunschweig was the preferred location from the start. Leading National Socialists such as the Prime Minister of the State of Braunschweig Dietrich Klagges , the Lord Mayor of the City of Braunschweig Wilhelm Hesse and State Minister Fritz Alpers campaigned for this cause, so that the city actually won the bid. The condition was that a free site was made available and that both suitable transport connections and living space were provided for the employees working there. Finally, an area of ​​483 hectares between Völkenrode, Bortfeld and Lamme was selected, which meant that 15 families had to be relocated. The first leveling work began in the autumn of 1935, and construction began in October 1936.

Among other things, the following facilities were planned: workshops and a centrally located airfield as well as an institute for aerodynamics and gas dynamics, one for strength, one for weapons research and one for engine research.

The buildings were erected in the forest for better camouflage, but the DFL was spared air raids and was occupied by American troops after the end of World War II . In 1947 the DFL was closed and the test facilities either destroyed or dismantled. Instead, the “ Federal Research Center for Agriculture ” (FAL) and the “ Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt ” (PTB) were set up on the site.

Infrastructure

Protestant church

Religion and customs

  • There is an Evangelical Lutheran parish . The quarterly community letter (circulation: 2,300) deals with a supra-regional, religious and social focus and is distributed free of charge to all households in the village by volunteers.
  • Every May 1st and December 1st, the Völkenrode community organizes a festival.

coat of arms

Völkenrode coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided vertically and shows a golden ear of wheat on a blue field in one half and a blue feather on a gold background in the other.

The ear of wheat symbolizes the agricultural research institute and the rural character of the place. The spring stands for a nearby bird sanctuary . The colors blue and yellow correspond to the former Brunswick national colors .

Arnold Rabbow has designed the coat of arms, it was on 13 April 1981 by the Citizens' Assembly adopted on 15 June by the town council confirmed Watenbüttel.

Web links

Commons : Völkenrode  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population according to statistical districts. In: www.braunschweig.de. City of Braunschweig, December 31, 2017, accessed on February 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Völkenrode - a small place outside Braunschweig. In: www.braunschweig.de. City of Braunschweig, accessed on February 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Asparagus Express
  4. ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: history of the research institute for aviation ) (PDF; 329 kB) on brunswiek-historica.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.brunswiek-historica.de
  5. ↑ primary school
  6. ↑ BSVAG bus routes on braunschweiger-verkehrs-ag.de
  7. ↑ Sports club on tsveintrachtvoelkenrode.de
  8. ^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 29.