Vockerode

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Vockerode
Coat of arms of Vockerode
Location of Vockerode
Vockerode is located in Germany
Vockerode
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
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictWittenberg
TownOranienbaum-Wörlitz
Area
 • Total18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Elevation
59 m (194 ft)
Population
 (2009-12-31)
 • Total1,581
 • Density83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
06786
Dialling codes034905
Vehicle registrationWB

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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