Dallgow-Döberitz
A view of the Döberitzer Heide
A view of the Döberitzer Heide
Coat of arms of Dallgow-Döberitz
Location of Dallgow-Döberitz within Havelland district
Dallgow-Döberitz   is located in Germany
Dallgow-Döberitz
Dallgow-Döberitz
Dallgow-Döberitz   is located in Brandenburg
Dallgow-Döberitz
Dallgow-Döberitz
Coordinates: 52°31′59″N 13°03′00″E / 52.53306°N 13.05000°E / 52.53306; 13.05000
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictHavelland
Government
  Mayor (202028) Sven Richter[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total65.96 km2 (25.47 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total10,415
  Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
14624
Dialling codes03322
Vehicle registrationHVL
Websitewww.dallgow.de

Dallgow-Döberitz is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.

Geography

It consists of the villages of Dallgow-Döberitz, Rohrbeck and Seeburg. To the east it shares border with the Spandau borough of Berlin. Neighbouring Brandenburg municipalities are Falkensee in the north and Wustermark in the west. In the south is the large former proving ground Döberitzer Heide, now mainly a nature reserve governed by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation.

Districts of Dallgow-Döberitz

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

History

The Imperial German Army established a proving ground 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 1936 Summer Olympics in neighboring Berlin, it hosted the riding part of the modern pentathlon and part of the equestrian eventing competitions.[3]

During World War II, Döberitz was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for French, Polish, Soviet, and possibly Belgian prisoners.[4]

Between 1945 and 1951 Dallgow served as East German border crossing for cars travelling along F 5 between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic) or the British Zone of Occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations. After the East German Volkspolizei 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 Berlin Wall.

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

Demography

Dallgow-Döberitz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[5]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 1,214    
1890 1,381+0.86%
1910 1,870+1.53%
1925 2,378+1.62%
1939 5,355+5.97%
1950 4,890−0.82%
1964 4,209−1.07%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 4,241+0.11%
1981 3,826−1.02%
1985 3,711−0.76%
1990 3,469−1.34%
1995 4,075+3.27%
2000 6,444+9.60%
2005 7,786+3.86%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 8,636+2.09%
2015 9,700+2.35%
2016 9,940+2.47%
2017 9,956+0.16%
2018 9,931−0.25%
2019 10,019+0.89%
2020 10,298+2.78%

References

  1. Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 1 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  3. 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 830, 894.
  4. Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1297. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
  5. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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