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Vockerode was a power station location for almost 60 years.
The first half of the lignite power station (6 × 35 MW) was built from 1937 to 1940. From 1943 the first HVDC cable was laid from the Vockerode power plant to Berlin to supply Berlin with electricity, but it never went into operation due to the war.
The hall built for the converter was converted into a workshop building after dismantling and is still standing today. After the Second World War, the plants and equipment of the power plant were dismantled from 1945 to 1947 as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union. From 1953 to 1959 the power plant was rebuilt and expanded by a second half-plant (12 × 32 MW) in the west and with bunkers in the north. The successive recommissioning took place from October 10, 1954 with the first trial run after dismantling and expansion.
The greenhouse facilities were shut down in 1991 and demolished in 1997; the lignite power station was shut down in 1994. In the summer of 1998, the state exhibition right in the middle of the power station's twelve boilers took place. In the same year, the gas turbine power plant was also in operation for the last time. On September 22, 2001, the four 140 m high chimneys of the brown coal power plant were blown up. In 2005 the oil tanks of the gas turbine power plant were dismantled. The two remaining chimneys of the gas power plant were blown up on September 18, 2013.
During the GDR era, 1,300 people were employed here.
Today the industrial monument can only be viewed from the outside.
The power plant is massively secured. On the one hand, there is a 24/7 security service on site and, on the other hand, there are hidden cameras that alert the security service directly if there is movement.
The first half of the lignite power station (6 × 35 MW) was built from 1937 to 1940. From 1943 the first HVDC cable was laid from the Vockerode power plant to Berlin to supply Berlin with electricity, but it never went into operation due to the war.
The hall built for the converter was converted into a workshop building after dismantling and is still standing today. After the Second World War, the plants and equipment of the power plant were dismantled from 1945 to 1947 as a reparation payment to the Soviet Union. From 1953 to 1959 the power plant was rebuilt and expanded by a second half-plant (12 × 32 MW) in the west and with bunkers in the north. The successive recommissioning took place from October 10, 1954 with the first trial run after dismantling and expansion.
The greenhouse facilities were shut down in 1991 and demolished in 1997; the lignite power station was shut down in 1994. In the summer of 1998, the state exhibition right in the middle of the power station's twelve boilers took place. In the same year, the gas turbine power plant was also in operation for the last time. On September 22, 2001, the four 140 m high chimneys of the brown coal power plant were blown up. In 2005 the oil tanks of the gas turbine power plant were dismantled. The two remaining chimneys of the gas power plant were blown up on September 18, 2013.
During the GDR era, 1,300 people were employed here.
Today the industrial monument can only be viewed from the outside.
The power plant is massively secured. On the one hand, there is a 24/7 security service on site and, on the other hand, there are hidden cameras that alert the security service directly if there is movement.
