Vockerode Power Plant

Between 1953 and 1959 the power plant was refurbished and a second block (12 x 36 MW) was built to provide for growing electricity demands of industry and households in the German Democratic Republic.

On July 22, 1960 an Ilyushin Il-14 plane of the GDR armed forces flying through dense fog scratched one of the chimneys and crashed.

After 1968 the city of Dessau was supplied with heat from Vockerode Power Plant via a 15 kilometres long line.

Between 1972 and 1974 greenhouse facilities were built on an area of 64 hectares, which were heated by the power plant, for growing tomatoes and cucumbers.

In 1998 the gas turbine power plant was shut down and on September 22, 2001 the chimneys were demolished by explosives.