Vockerode
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Vockerode is a district of the town Oranienbaum -Wörlitz in Wittenberg district in Saxony- Anhalt.
Geography
Vockerode located directly on the River Elbe shore about 4 miles from Dessau away. Vockerode on the one hand in the center of Dessau- Wörlitz empire that. During the second half of the 18th century under the reign of Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau was created and on the other hand embedded in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve. The Garden Kingdom and the Biosphere Reserve have been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
After Elbbegradigung 1928 now located north of the Elbe area near Klieken arose.
History
Vockerode is first mentioned in 1400 as Vogkenrode. In a document from 1480, the place is as Vockenröd mentioned belonged at that time to the former convent Nienburg. The nachslawische local foundation is attributed to Flemish settlers. The site was originally created as a street village but received with the extension to the north the character of a cluster of buildings. Since 1594 the fishing industry is demonstrated in a document. 1810/12 the village church was built as an early example of neo-Gothic religious architecture as a brick building with doppeltürmiger Western Front and choir polygon in Beam under the leadership of Ezekiel. The first school created in 1794.
Until the construction of the highway bridge in 1937 Vockerode had a ferry crossing. When the building of large-scale power plant in 1937, the local picture changed from a farming and fishing village to the industrial site.
Vockerode was almost 60 years power plant site. The formative decades four great chimneys of the now decommissioned lignite power plant Vockerode were blown up in 2001.
2007, the municipality Vockerode was incorporated in the district of Wittenberg as a result of the district reform of the former district of Anhalt -Zerbst.
Policy
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved 23 August 2010 by the county.
Blazon: "Divided and half split up in gold is a winding green oak branch with acorns, the lower front in blue a curved prongs outward and upward recurring four -ended silver antler, rear bottom in silver, a curved, its tail upward and the head recurring down towards the center blue fish. "
Structures
- Village church Vockerode
- Power plant Vockerode
- War memorial Vockerode
Transport links
From Griese the country road leads 133 via Vockerode by Dessau. The motorway connection Vockerode the BAB 9 is located one kilometer north-west of the village. The nearest railway station is located in Dessau. The route of the former mine railway is only used for tourist handcar rides.