Röcken

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, whose father was the pastor here. The house where he was born still stands today. Nietzsche is also buried in the town.

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.



Historical population
from 1995 as of 31 December: * 3 October

Notable people

 * Friedrich Nietzsche - philosopher