Gollenberg is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Havelland Geographically, the Havelland is the region around which the River Havel flows in a U-shape between Oranienburg to the northeast and Rhinow to the northwest. The northern boundary of the Havelland is formed by the River Rhin and the Rhin Canal. ...

district, in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

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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

Aviation

Otto Lilienthal

Aviation pioneer

Otto Lilienthal Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefore making ...

(1848–1896) crashed his glider here and died later.

Lady Agnes

On October 23, 1989, an

Ilyushin Il-62 The Ilyushin Il-62 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-62; NATO reporting name: Classic) is a Soviet long-range narrow-body jetliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turboprop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 pa ...

jet airliner was intentionally landed on the 900m short grass airfield of

Stölln 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 ...

Rhinow Rhinow () is a town in the Havelland (district), Havelland district (Landkreis), in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 16 km north of Rathenow, and 22 km south of Kyritz. Rhinow is the administrative seat (Verwaltungssitz) of the Rhinow ...

in a risky maneuver. The jet, donated by the

GDR East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

's airline

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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 Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word ''soaring'' is al ...

competition ''Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen'' (not to be mixed with Junior Nationals) took place in Stölln/Rhinow in 2007.Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen 2007 (in German)
- accessed 2008-03-14 * The 2007 club championships in

glider Glider may refer to: Aircraft and transport Aircraft * Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight ** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of glidin ...

aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...

"Salzmann Cup" took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.Official website of the 2007 Salzmann-Cup (in German)
- accessed 2008-02-09
- accessed 2008-02-09

Aerokurier ''Aerokurier'' is a monthly magazine founded in 1957 covering international civil aviation published in the German language by Motor Presse Stuttgart, a large European publisher of special interest magazines. The magazine concentrates on the follow ...

August 2007, compar
table of contents (in German)
- accessed 2008-02-09 * Since 2004, the cross-country

soaring competition Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions. These are usually racing competitions, but there are also aerobatic contests and on-line league tables. History of competitions In the early days, the main goal w ...

"Cats Cradle Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield regularly.2008 Cats Cradel Club Cup (in German)
- accessed 2008-03-14 * About 100 pilots participated in the

fly-in A fly-in is a pre-arranged gathering of aircraft, pilots and passengers for recreational and social purposes. Fly-ins may be formally or informally organised, members of the public may or may not be invited, the gathering may be at an airport or ...

for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.Local aeroclub ''„Otto Lilienthal“ Stölln/Rhinow e. V.'': History of Stölln/Rhinow Airfield (in German)
- accessed 2008-03-14

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083541/http://www.otto-lilienthal.de/lady.htm Localities in Havelland {{Brandenburg-geo-stub