Gollenberg

{{hatnote|For Gollenberg in the district of Birkenfeld, see Gollenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate. For the hill in Pomerania, see Koszalin.}}

{{Infobox German location

|name = Gollenberg

|image_coa =

|coordinates = {{coord|52|45|10|N|12|22|32|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Gollenberg in HVL.png

|state = Brandenburg

|district = Havelland

|Amt = Rhinow

|elevation = 27

|area = 30.48

|postal_code = 14728

|area_code = 033875

|licence = HVL

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 63 094

|website = [http://www.rhinow.de/ www.rhinow.de]

|mayor = Wolfgang Heinze[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12063000 Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

|leader_term = 2024–29

|party = FDP

}}

Gollenberg is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany consisting of Schönholz-Neuwerder, Stölln and Ohnewitz.

History

The municipality is named after the Gollenberg near Stölln and was created December 31, 2002 when the municipalities of Schönholz-Neuwerder and Stölln were merged.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Gollenberg.pdf

{{historical populations

|align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr

|title = Gollenberg: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]

| 1875 | 582

| 1890 | 522

| 1910 | 560

| 1925 | 546

| 1933 | 442

| 1939 | 378

| 1946 | 956

| 1950 | 904

| 1964 | 643

| 1971 | 656

| 1981 | 576

| 1985 | 578

| 1989 | 540

| 1990 | 527

| 1991 | 529

| 1992 | 525

| 1993 | 514

| 1994 | 495

| 1995 | 503

| 1996 | 520

| 1997 | 510

| 1998 | 514

| 1999 | 512

| 2000 | 505

| 2001 | 499

| 2002 | 481

| 2003 | 467

| 2004 | 469

| 2005 | 472

| 2006 | 453

| 2007 | 447

| 2008 | 445

| 2009 | 444

| 2010 | 429

| 2011 | 432

| 2012 | 433

| 2013 | 429

| 2014 | 417

| 2015 | 408

| 2016 | 413

}}

Aviation

=Otto Lilienthal=

Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896) crashed his glider here and died later.

=Lady Agnes=

On October 23, 1989, an Ilyushin Il-62 jet airliner was intentionally landed on the 900m short grass airfield of Stölln/Rhinow in a risky maneuver. The jet, donated by the GDR's airline Interflug and nicknamed "Lady Agnes" after Lilienthal's wife,{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/technika/il-62-ddr-seg-interflug-zazrak-ze-stolln-23-10-1989-lady-agnes.A191105_134834_tec_technika_kuz|title=Příprava na šílené přistání. IL-62 bude doslova lízat vrcholky stromů|date=6 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/technika/il-62-ddr-seg-interflug-zazrak-ze-stolln-23-10-1989-lady-agnes.A191107_083720_tec_technika_kuz|title=Poslední přistání chtěli utajit. Přístroje se tak třásly, že nešly odečíst|date=11 November 2019}} is now used for weddings.{{cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/prospero/2011/09/20/remembering-germanys-first-flying-man|access-date=21 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302015744/https://www.economist.com/prospero/2011/09/20/remembering-germanys-first-flying-man|archive-date=2 Mar 2021|website=The Economist|title=Remembering Germany's First Flying Man}}

=Air sport events at Stölln/Rhinow airfield=

  • The 23rd national youth gliding competition Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen (not to be mixed with Junior Nationals) took place in Stölln/Rhinow in 2007.[http://www.luftsportjugend.com/de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=179 Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen 2007 (in German)] - accessed 2008-03-14
  • The 2007 club championships in glider aerobatics "Salzmann Cup" took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.[http://segelkunstflug.mediacluster.de/196 Official website of the 2007 Salzmann-Cup (in German)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306223835/http://www.segelkunstflug.mediacluster.de/196 |date=2008-03-06 }} - accessed 2008-02-09[http://www.rbb-online.de/_/zibb/beitrag_jsp/key=5978316.html RBB tv-report "zibb" on 6 June 2007 (in German)] - accessed 2008-02-09 {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}Aerokurier August 2007, compare [http://www.aerokurier.de/index.php?id=1425 table of contents (in German)]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - accessed 2008-02-09
  • Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition "Cats Cradle Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.[http://www.flugsport-stoelln.de/inc/downloads/5CCCCauss.pdf 2008 Cats Cradel Club Cup (in German)] - accessed 2008-03-14
  • About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.[http://www.flugsport-stoelln.de/index.php?id=flugplatz&sub=historie Local aeroclub „Otto Lilienthal“ Stölln/Rhinow e. V.: History of Stölln/Rhinow Airfield (in German)] - accessed 2008-03-14

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References

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