- published: 13 Oct 2014
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Coordinates: 51°18′58″N 0°33′40″W / 51.3162°N 0.561°W / 51.3162; -0.561
Woking ( /ˈwoʊkɪŋ/) is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of approximately 24 minutes to Waterloo station. Woking is 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Charing Cross in central London. Woking town itself, excluding the surrounding district, has a population of 62,796, with the whole local government district (the borough of Woking) having a population of 92,400 (mid 2009 estimate). Currently, Woking is a Conservative constituency, with Jonathan Lord as Woking's Member of Parliament.
In literature, Woking is where the Martians first land in H. G. Wells' science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. In music, "Town Called Malice" was written about Woking by Paul Weller and recorded by his band, The Jam. The song reached No. 1 in the UK Charts.
Höret was sich hat zugetragen von großen Helden und wackeren Scharen.
Von Göttern, Druiden, Riesen und Zwergen, uralten Wäldern in den Thüringer Bergen.
Nun liegen die Sagen wohl weit zurück, über Kampfesmut und Siegesglück.
Von Rauben und Morden und Niederlagen, so überliefern die alten Sagen.
Vernehmt nun hier aus vergangenen Zeiten, glorreiche Schlachten in Thüringer Weiten.
Das Königreich und die Ländereien, um das tausend tapfere Krieger streiten.
Thuringia!
So lauschet nun den alten Sagen, I'm Skaldensang werdet ihr es erfahren.
Niemals soll es untergehen, in Ewigkeit bleibt es bestehen.
So erstrahlt das alte I'm neuen Glanz, in der Melodei des Skaldensangs.