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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Havelland

Elevation
  
27 m (89 ft)

Local time
  
Thursday 3:31 PM

Postal code
  
14728

State
  
Brandenburg

Municipal assoc.
  
Rhinow

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
445 (31 Dec 2008)

Gollenberg

Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 18 km/h, 53% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Otto-Lilienthal-Verein Stölln, Lilienthal Centrum Stölln GmbH, Otto Lilienthal

Gollenberg is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany consisting of Schönholz-Neuwerder, Stölln and Ohnewitz.

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Map of Gollenberg, Germany

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.

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.
  • The 2007 club championships in glider aerobatics "Salzmann Cup" took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.
  • Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition "Cats Cradle Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.
  • About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.

    • References

    Gollenberg Wikipedia
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