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

Gollenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔlənbɛʁk]) 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)

Aviation

“Lady Agnes” Il-62 – Airport Stölln/Rhinow
“Lady Agnes” Il-62

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,[4][5] is now used for weddings.[6]

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.[7]
  • The 2007 club championships in glider aerobatics “Salzmann Cup” took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.[8][9][10]
  • Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition “Cats Cradle Club Cup” takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.[11]
  • About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in for celebrating ‘100 years human flight’ in May 1991.[12]

References

  1. ^ Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ “Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)” (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
  3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
  4. ^ “Příprava na šílené přistání. IL-62 bude doslova lízat vrcholky stromů”. 6 November 2019.
  5. ^ “Poslední přistání chtěli utajit. Přístroje se tak třásly, že nešly odečíst”. 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ “Remembering Germany’s First Flying Man”. The Economist. Archived from the original on 2 Mar 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen 2007 (in German) – accessed 2008-03-14
  8. ^ Official website of the 2007 Salzmann-Cup (in German) Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 2008-02-09
  9. ^ RBB tv-report “zibb” on 6 June 2007 (in German) – accessed 2008-02-09 [dead link]
  10. ^ Aerokurier August 2007, compare table of contents (in German)[permanent dead link] – accessed 2008-02-09
  11. ^ 2008 Cats Cradel Club Cup (in German) – accessed 2008-03-14
  12. ^ Local aeroclub „Otto Lilienthal“ Stölln/Rhinow e. V.: History of Stölln/Rhinow Airfield (in German) – accessed 2008-03-14