Golm is a locality (''Ortsteil'') of

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, the capital of the

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state of

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. The former municipality was incorporated in 2003. Its name is derived from Western Slavic ''chulm'', meaning "hill", and refers to one of the nearby elevations, either ''Reiherberg'' ( a.s.l.) near the centre of the original village or ''Ehrenpfortenberg'' ( a.s.l.) east of it.

Geography

Neighbouring localities are Grube and Bornim in the north, Eiche in the east (all of which are now parts of Potsdam), and Wildpark West, a part of Geltow in Schwielowsee municipality, in the south. To the west, Golm is bordered by '' Großer Zernsee'', a lake in the course of the river

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. The settlement of Kuhfort, bordering the Wildpark area of Potsdam, is located southeast of Golm, and east of the grassland of ''Golmer Luch''.

Buildings and structures

Golm houses, among other things, since 1991 a complex of the

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on the premises of former

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and

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barracks, which after

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became the site of a

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academy. Academic institutions of the

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as well as the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics are attached ("Potsdam Science Park"). From 1948 to 1993 Golm was the site of a medium wave broadcast transmitter.

Transport

There are no major roads through Golm, only state road ('' Landesstraße'') L 902 passes through the northern parts of the village area and offers the shortest connection to federal highway (''

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'') 273. The latter can also be reached following a road extending east from Golm past Sanssouci Park to the ''Jägervorstadt'' quarter of Potsdam. The railway between Wildpark and

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was opened in 1902 as part of the single-tracked bypass railway (''Umgehungsbahn'') intended to connect the radial railway lines originating from Berlin. A station was established in Golm. In the 1950s this line became part of the Berlin outer ring and was double-tracked. Golm is now a passenger station for regional trains to Potsdam, Wustermark,

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, and

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. Golm has also bus connections to Potsdam and Neu Töplitz and is included in fare zone C (''Tarifbereich C'') of Berlin's public transport system and in fare zone B of Potsdam's public transport system.

References

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