Dallgow-Döberitz is a

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in the

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district, in

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, in eastern

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Geography

It consists of the villages of Dallgow-Döberitz, Rohrbeck and Seeburg. To the east it shares border with the

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. Neighbouring Brandenburg municipalities are Falkensee in the north and Wustermark in the west. In the south is the large former

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''Döberitzer Heide'', now mainly a

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governed by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation.

Districts of Dallgow-Döberitz

* Dallgow (with Neu-Döberitz) * Rohrbeck * Seeburg

History

The

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established a military training area in 1894 around the village of ''Döberitz'', which had to be abandoned by its inhabitants. Its pioneering airfield was, in late 1915, the place where the world's first practical all-metal aircraft, the Junkers J 1, made its pioneering flights. During the

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in neighboring

, it hosted the riding part of the

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and part of the equestrian eventing competitions. During

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, Döberitz was the location of a subcamp of the

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for French, Polish, Soviet, and possibly Belgian prisoners. Between 1945 and 1951 Dallgow served as East German border crossing for cars travelling along F 5 between the

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(till 1949, thereafter the East

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) or the British Zone of Occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German

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and

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. The traffic was subject to the

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regulations. After the East German

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took control of West-Staaken on 1 February 1951 the checkpoint was moved eastwards. The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the

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. The 2008 film The Wave was filmed at the Marie Curie Gymnasium in this municipality.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Dallgow-Döberitz.pdf, 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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Dallgow-Döberitz.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

References

External links

Heinz Sielmann Stiftung - Döberitzer Heide nature reserve (in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dallgow-Doberitz Venues of the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrian venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Localities in Havelland