Dallgow-Döberitz is a

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in the Havelland district, in

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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 proving ground ''Döberitzer Heide'', now mainly a

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governed by

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Districts of Dallgow-Döberitz

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

History

The

Imperial German Army The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (german: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the ...

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 The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

in neighboring

, it hosted the riding part of the

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and part of the equestrian eventing competitions.1936 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 830, 894. 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

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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 Interzonal traffic regulations. After the East German

Volkspolizei The ''Deutsche Volkspolizei'' (DVP, German for "German People's Police"), commonly known as the ''Volkspolizei'' or VoPo, was the national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1945 to 1990. The Volkspolizei was a ...

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

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 A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, wa ...

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