Dallgow-Döberitz

Dallgow-Döberitz

A view of the Döberitzer Heide

Coat of arms
Dallgow-Döberitz

Coordinates: 52°31′59″N 13°03′00″E / 52.53306°N 13.05000°ECoordinates: 52°31′59″N 13°03′00″E / 52.53306°N 13.05000°E
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Havelland
Government
  Mayor Jürgen Hemberger (Freie Wähler)
Area
  Total 65.96 km2 (25.47 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 8,714
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 14624
Dialling codes 03322
Vehicle registration HVL
Website Official website

Dallgow-Döberitz is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

It consists of the villages of Dallgow-Döberitz, Rohrbeck and Seeburg. To the east it shares border with the Spandau borough of Berlin. Neighbouring Brandenburg municipalities are Falkensee in the north and Wustermark in the west. In the south is the large former proving ground Döberitzer Heide, now mainly a natural reserve governed by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation.

Districts of Dallgow-Döberitz

History

The Imperial German Army established the proving ground in 1894 around the historic village of Döberitz, which had to be abandoned by its inhabitants.

During the 1936 Summer Olympics in neighboring Berlin, it hosted the riding part of the modern pentathlon and part of the equestrian eventing competitions.[2]

Between 1945 and 1951 Dallgow served as East German border crossing for cars travelling along F 5 between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic) or the British Zone of Occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations. After the East German Volkspolizei took control of West-Staaken on 1 February 1951 the checkpoint was moved up more eastwards.

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.

The 2008 film The Wave was filmed at the Marie Curie Gymnasium in this municipality.

Demography

Dallgow-Döberitz:
Population development within the current boundaries
[3]
Year Population
1875 1214
1890 1381
1925 2378
1933 3689
1939 5355
1946 5762
1950 4890
1964 4209
1971 4241
1981 3826
Year Population
1985 3711
1989 3555
1990 3469
1991 3403
1992 3371
1993 3417
1994 3656
1995 4075
1996 4446
1997 5206
Year Population
1998 5711
1999 6080
2000 6444
2001 6702
2002 6908
2003 7094
2004 7439
2005 7786
2006 8086
2007 8277
Year Population
2008 8471
2009 8576
2010 8636
2011 8616
2012 8714

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[4]

References

External links

Media related to Dallgow-Döberitz at Wikimedia Commons