Gollenberg

Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany

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)

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. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
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

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083541/http://www.otto-lilienthal.de/lady.htm