Gollenberg

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.

Gollenberg
Municipality
Location of Gollenberg within Havelland district
Gollenberg Show map of Germany Gollenberg Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°45′10″N 12°22′32″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Havelland
Municipal assoc.	Rhinow
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Wolfgang Heinze[1] (FDP)
Area
• Total	30.51 km2 (11.78 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	395
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14728
Dialling codes	033875
Vehicle registration	HVL
Website	www.rhinow.de

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)^[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 582 —     1890 522 −0.72% 1910 560 +0.35% 1925 546 −0.17% 1933 442 −2.61% 1939 378 −2.57% 1946 956 +14.17% 1950 904 −1.39% 1964 643 −2.40% 1971 656 +0.29% 1981 576 −1.29% 1985 578 +0.09% 1989 540 −1.69% 1990 527 −2.41% 1991 529 +0.38% 1992 525 −0.76% 1993 514 −2.10% 1994 495 −3.70% 1995 503 +1.62% 1996 520 +3.38%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 510 −1.92% 1998 514 +0.78% 1999 512 −0.39% 2000 505 −1.37% 2001 499 −1.19% 2002 481 −3.61% 2003 467 −2.91% 2004 469 +0.43% 2005 472 +0.64% 2006 453 −4.03% 2007 447 −1.32% 2008 445 −0.45% 2009 444 −0.22% 2010 429 −3.38% 2011 432 +0.70% 2012 433 +0.23% 2013 429 −0.92% 2014 417 −2.80% 2015 408 −2.16% 2016 413 +1.23%

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]