Röcken
Sign in to saveRöcken () is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it has been part of the town of Lützen. The village is best known as the birthplace, in 1844, of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The house where he was born still stands today. Nietzsche is also buried in the town. Friedrich's father Carl Ludwig Nietzsche was the pastor here and is also buried in the village.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadtteil
- German location.Town
- Lützen
- German location.image_photo
- Dorfbild von Röcken.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- kein
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Burgenlandkreis
- German location.elevation
- 122
- German location.area
- 11.80
- German location.population
- 610
- German location.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 06686
- German location.area_code
- 034444
- German location.licence
- BLK
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Röcken () is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it has been part of the town of Lützen. The village is best known as the birthplace, in 1844, of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The house where he was born still stands today. Nietzsche is also buried in the town. Friedrich's father Carl Ludwig Nietzsche was the pastor here and is also buried in the village.
In 2006 the Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mining company disclosed plans to demolish the village to mine for coal, but their plan met with opposition from the "Coalition for Action" with the motto "future instead of lignite". In a public hearing, 64% of the residents voted against drilling on community-owned land. In April 2008, the plans were officially dropped.