Gollenberg
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
Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
Gollenberg:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
Year |
Population |
1875 | 582 |
1890 | 522 |
1910 | 560 |
1925 | 546 |
1933 | 442 |
1939 | 378 |
1946 | 956 |
1950 | 904 |
1964 | 643 |
1971 | 656 |
|
Year |
Population |
1981 | 576 |
1985 | 578 |
1989 | 540 |
1990 | 527 |
1991 | 529 |
1992 | 525 |
1993 | 514 |
1994 | 495 |
1995 | 503 |
1996 | 520 |
|
Year |
Population |
1997 | 510 |
1998 | 514 |
1999 | 512 |
2000 | 505 |
2001 | 499 |
2002 | 481 |
2003 | 467 |
2004 | 469 |
2005 | 472 |
2006 | 453 |
|
Year |
Population |
2007 | 447 |
2008 | 445 |
2009 | 444 |
2010 | 429 |
2011 | 432 |
2012 | 433 |
2013 | 429 |
|
Aviation
„Lady Agnes“ IL62 - Airport Stölln/Rhinow
„Lady Agnes“ IL62
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, is now used for weddings.
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.[3]
- Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition "Cats Cradle Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.[7]
- About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.[8]
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