Gollenberg Explained
| Gollenberg |
| Coordinates: | 52.7528°N 12.3756°W |
| Image Plan: | Gollenberg in HVL.png |
| State: | Brandenburg |
| District: | Havelland |
| Amt: | Rhinow |
| Elevation: | 27 |
| Area: | 30.48 |
| Postal Code: | 14728 |
| Area Code: | 033875 |
| Licence: | HVL |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 12 0 63 094 |
| Website: | www.rhinow.de |
| Mayor: | Wolfgang Heinze[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2024 - 29 |
| Party: | FDP |
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.
Aviation
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,[2] [3] is now used for weddings.[4]
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.[5]
- The 2007 club championships in glider aerobatics "Salzmann Cup" took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.[6] [7] [8]
- Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition "Cats Cradle Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.[9]
- About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.[10]
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083541/http://www.otto-lilienthal.de/lady.htm
Notes and References
- https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12063000 Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
- Web site: Příprava na šílené přistání. IL-62 bude doslova lízat vrcholky stromů. 6 November 2019.
- Web site: Poslední přistání chtěli utajit. Přístroje se tak třásly, že nešly odečíst. 11 November 2019.
- Web site: Remembering Germany's First Flying Man. 21 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302015744/https://www.economist.com/prospero/2011/09/20/remembering-germanys-first-flying-man. 2 Mar 2021. The Economist.
- http://www.luftsportjugend.com/de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=179 Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen 2007 (in German)
- http://segelkunstflug.mediacluster.de/196 Official website of the 2007 Salzmann-Cup (in German)
- http://www.rbb-online.de/_/zibb/beitrag_jsp/key=5978316.html RBB tv-report "zibb" on 6 June 2007 (in German)
- [Aerokurier]
- http://www.flugsport-stoelln.de/inc/downloads/5CCCCauss.pdf 2008 Cats Cradel Club Cup (in German)
- http://www.flugsport-stoelln.de/index.php?id=flugplatz&sub=historie Local aeroclub „Otto Lilienthal“ Stölln/Rhinow e. V.: History of Stölln/Rhinow Airfield (in German)
