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°E / 52.53306; 13.05000Coordinates: 52°31′59″N 13°03′00″E / 52.53306°N 13.05000°E / 52.53306; 13.05000
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Havelland
Government
  Mayor Jürgen Hemberger (Freie Wähler)
Area
  Total 65.96 km2 (25.47 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 8,989
  Density 140/km2 (350/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. Its pioneering airfield was, in late 1915, the place where the world's first practical all-metal aircraft, the Junkers J 1, made its pioneering flights.

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 (2013)
[3]
Year Population
1875 1 214
1890 1 381
1910 1 870
1925 2 378
1933 3 689
1939 5 355
1946 5 762
1950 4 890
1964 4 209
1971 4 241
Year Population
1981 3 826
1985 3 711
1989 3 555
1990 3 469
1991 3 403
1992 3 371
1993 3 417
1994 3 656
1995 4 075
1996 4 446
Year Population
1997 5 206
1998 5 711
1999 6 080
2000 6 444
2001 6 702
2002 6 908
2003 7 094
2004 7 439
2005 7 786
2006 8 086
Year Population
2007 8 277
2008 8 471
2009 8 576
2010 8 636
2011 8 616
2012 8 714
2013 8 989

References

External links

Media related to Dallgow-Döberitz at Wikimedia Commons

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