Gollenberg is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

 in the Havelland

Havelland

Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Oberhavel, the city-state of Berlin, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the city of Brandenburg and the state of Saxony-Anhalt .-History:-Geography:Geographically...

 district, in Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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, Germany

Germany

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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.

Aviation

Otto Lilienthal

Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of human aviation who became known as the Glider King. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful gliding flights. He followed an experimental approach established earlier by Sir George Cayley...

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

Lady Agnes

On October 23, 1989, an Ilyushin Il-62

Ilyushin Il-62

The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with...

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

Rhinow

Rhinow is a town in the Havelland district , in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 16 km north of Rathenow, and 22 km south of Kyritz. Rhinow is the administrative seat of the Rhinow district .- Geography :...

 in a risky maneuver. The jet, donated by the GDR's airline Interflug

Interflug

Interflug was the state airline of East Germany from 1963 to 1991, when it ceased operations following German reunification...

 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
  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 also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...
  
   competition Bundesjugendvergleichsfliegen (not to be mixed with Junior Nationals) took place in Stölln/Rhinow in 2007.

• The 2007 club championships in glider
  Glider aircraft
  Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...
  
   aerobatics
  Competition aerobatics
  Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying. It is practiced in both piston-powered single-engine airplanes and gliders....
  
   "Salzmann Cup" took place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield.

• Since 2004, the cross-country soaring competition
  Gliding competitions
  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:...
  
   "Cats Cradel Club Cup" takes place at Stölln/Rhinow airfield reguraly.

• About 100 pilots participated in the fly-in
  Fly-in
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  for celebrating '100 years human flight' in May 1991.

External links

• http://www.otto-lilienthal.de/lady.htm