Vockerode

Vockerode
Vockerode
Ortsteil of Oranienbaum-Wörlitz
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vockerode
	Vockerode Vockerode
	Coordinates: 51°50′43″N 12°21′5″E / 51.84528°N 12.35139°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Town	Oranienbaum-Wörlitz
Area
• Total	18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population (2009-12-31)
• Total	1,581
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.^[1] 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.

The Nelson monument planned by Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau was never built. However, the planned location still bears the name Nelson Hügel (Nelson Hill) at the Vockerode war memorial. Due to the German campaign of 1813, the monument was not erected.