# Knapsack, Germany > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Knapsack,_Germany > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Knapsack,_Germany.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack%2C_Germany > Source revision: 1341666787 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Knapsack** is a locality of [Hürth](/source/H%C3%BCrth), [Rhine-Erft district](/source/Rhein-Erft-Kreis), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), Germany.[1] On Wednesday 17 October 2007, King Harald of Norway opened Statkraft's first gas power plant at Knapsack in Germany. The plant will have an installed capacity of 800 MW.[2] ## History Knapsack, its first documentary mention in 1566, started to emerge into a notable village after 1900 due to establishment and development of industry (1906 the Knapsack-Griesheim AG, later part of the [Hoechst AG](/source/Hoechst_AG); 1913 construction of the [brown coal power plant](/source/Brown_coal_power_plant) Goldenberg-Werk).[citation needed] During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) the [RAF](/source/RAF) bombed the Knapsack power-station several times. The first raid was a low-level daylight raid on 12 August 1941 by 54 [Bristol Blenheims](/source/Bristol_Blenheim) under the command of Wing Commander Nichol of [No. 114 Squadron RAF](/source/No._114_Squadron_RAF). The Blenheims hit their targets (the Goldenberg Power Station in Knapsack and the Fortuna Power Station in [Quadrath](/source/Quadrath)) but twelve of the Blenheims were lost during the raid, 22 percent of those that took part which was far above the sustainable loss rate of less than five.[3][4][5][6][7] A further raid took place on the night of 2/3 October 1943 with 12 [OBOE](/source/Oboe_(navigation)) [Mosquitos](/source/De_Havilland_Mosquito),[8] and a second attack that year was another night attack on 21/22 December 1943 by 4 Mosquitos.[9][10] Due to environmental constraints, 4000 citizens had to be resettled between the years 1969 and 1979.[citation needed] ## See also [Hürth-Knapsack](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCrth-Knapsack) gallery of local photographs ## References 1. [Knapsack (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)](https://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.480349/Knapsack/) 1. Staff. [Knapsack CCPP](http://www.statkraft.com/pub/gaspower/plants/knapsack/index.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080908082059/http://www.statkraft.com/pub/gaspower/plants/knapsack/index.asp) 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, [Statkraft](/source/Statkraft) website, 17 October 2007 1. Staff. [Obituary of Wing Commander Tom Baker](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1515268/Wing-Commander-Tom-Baker.html), [Daily Telegraph](/source/Daily_Telegraph), 10 Apr 2006 1. ["Bristol Blenheims" by James Gardner, 1941. Pencil and watercolour on board.](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/prop/the_fighting_forces/INF3_0850.htm), [national Archives](/source/National_Archives), Accessed 22 July 2008 1. [“Bristol” BLENHEIM](http://www.blenheimsociety.org.uk/BB%20Journal%20-%20contents%20table%20-%2054-55&56.doc), Accessed 22 July 2008. Bibliography of the raid 1. [picture of an RAF Blenheim V6391 After Bombing Goldenburg Power Station, Cologne](http://worldwar2database.com/gallery2/v/wwii0031.jpg.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120094546/http://www.worldwar2database.com/gallery2/v/wwii0031.jpg.html) 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, [Welcome to MFA Productions LLC](https://www.mfaproductions.com/), Accessed 25 July 2008. "A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV (extreme left), serial V6391, marked RT-V of 114 Squadron, 2 Group, Royal Air Force, banks away after releasing two 500-pound (227-kilogram) bombs over the Goldenberg-Werk [lignite](/source/Lignite) (brown coal) power station in Knapsack." 1. [picture of RAF Blenheims Attack Fortuna Power Station near Cologne](http://worldwar2database.com/gallery/wwii0030), [Welcome to MFA Productions LLC](https://www.mfaproductions.com/), Accessed 08 February 2016. "A Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of the Royal Air Force's Number 2 group pulls away after a successful attack on the Fortuna Power Station in Quadrath." 1. [RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary](http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080828022410/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/) 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, [Campaign Diary: October 1943](http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/oct43.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090303235000/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/oct43.html) 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 18 July 2008 1. [RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary](http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080828022410/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/) 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, [Campaign Diary: October 1943](http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec43.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090303234843/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec43.html) 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. 1. [Knapsack Power Station, Germany, 7 April 1942](http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10464570&wwwflag=3&imagepos=3), [The Science & Society Picture Library](https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/aboutus.asp), Accessed 22 July 2008. A Photo reconnaissance picture of the power station. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Knapsack, Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack%2C_Germany) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack%2C_Germany?action=history)). 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