Gatow

• Alt- Gatow
• Hohengatow
• Settlement Hawk Forest
• Settlement Havelblick

Gatow [ ga ː ː to ] is a district of Berlin, located in the south of the district of Spandau. Gatow is one of the least populated districts of Berlin with 4,055 inhabitants ( as of December 31, 2013). To the south it borders on Kladow, on the north by Wilhelm, to the east the Gatow from the adjacent towns of Potsdam ( district Groß Glienicke ) and Dallgow, district Seeburg runs the Havel and in the west the city limits of Berlin, separates. Geologically, Gatow at the foothills of the glacially influenced Nauen plate for Havelniederung.

Gatow is also described as " village in the city ", it has retained the charm of a rural road village. This is mainly due to the agricultural fields and the type of building. So there are many houses with gardens and a few multi-family residential buildings.

Despite this peaceful location you can reach the center of Spandau Underground Station, S-Bahn station and railway station and within 30 minutes of the City West within 15 minutes by public transport.

History

Probably shortly after 1200, German settlers founded the village street Gatow. Archeology has so far been found not Slavic Vorbesiedlung. The village is documented tangible in 1258 by local uplift of the monastery Spandau. As a documentary was first mentioned in 1272 is considered the year: Gatho. In the Land Book of Charles IV ( 1375 ) Gatow / Gotow / Gothow is listed with 50 hooves, four parish hooves; it stayed there for four Kossäten. In 1450 a pitcher is mentioned; the Kossätenstellen lie desolate. Since 1590 Schulze is mentioned, with a courtyard of six Lehnhufen, in the 17th century turned into the manor. The elusive 1375 by the parish Hufendorf Church (downtown, west side of the road with graveyard ) is first Mother Church, later often nothing but a branch church of the neighboring villages. The village reign was 1258-1558 when Spandau monastery, after its fully coated Reformation at the district of Spandau ( until 1872 ).

Gatow was before the Wall fell to the British sector of West Berlin. The British occupying forces operating there, the 1935 built Gatow airfield as a military airfield. To emphasize its equivalence with the airports Tegel ( French zone of occupation ) and Tempelhof ( American zone ), stayed the British that Queen Elizabeth II landed at Gatow and started again when she visited West Berlin. On June 30, 1994, the flight has ceased operations. 1969 a golf course was created and founded The British Golf Club Gatow.

Attractions

Village church Gatow

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The Feldstein core of the village church was built at the beginning of the 14th century. This makes it the oldest surviving building in Gatow and has the status of an architectural monument. First, a stone church was built. Over the centuries, the church was extended again and again. The last major restoration was told the church in 1935 (completed on 22 December 1935) and 1953 Inside hangs above the altar is a painting on wood paintings. , The resulting 1495 " Lamentation of Christ " which the workshop of Nuremberg painter Michael wolgemut is assigned.

Villa Lemm

The villa is located on Lemm Rothenbücherweg 2 directly on the Havel. The property has a size of approximately 24,000 m². It is known as one of the most beautiful land in Berlin. In the years 1907 and 1908, the shoe polish manufacturer Otto Lemm who built the villa by the Berlin architect Max Werner, 1913, the garden was expanded. The villa corresponds to the English country house style, the terrace garden, however, is designed in Italian style. From 1945 to 1990, the villa was occupied by the British city commander, on the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II held here every year a big party.

After the German reunification, the Villa Lemm went into the possession of the State of Berlin. At this time the garden was declared a National Monument. The site was temporarily for discussion as the residence of the Chancellor. The Villa Lemm was purchased in 1995 by entrepreneur and art collector Hartwig Piepenbrock and renovated. In particular the garden was returned to its original shape. The site is not accessible to the public.

Jaczo Gorge

Other locations

Badewiese: Gatow has three beautifully situated Havel bathing meadows. The two best known are the "Big Badewiese " equal to the local situation Hohengatow across from Grunewald Tower and the "Little Badewiese " near the old Gatower village core. Another smaller Badewiese located next to Villa Lemm (towards highway ). The locals call this idyllic bathing place at the Villa Lemm " promenade " or " Appel meadow ". The youth Gatows also called affectionately " orchard " because here sometimes fruit is consumed in the form of alcohol. In the 1970s, there is a trailer of the DRC was set up to provide first aid for smaller bathing accidents. After the fall of the Berlin Wall Gatow lost but as a seaside resort for Berlin's increasingly important that DLRG withdrew from the Appel meadow. Gatow and Kladow were - before the Wall fell - in addition to the Wannsee bathing places in Berlin. The line of cars, which (especially on weekends ) pushed back on summer evenings in the city was several kilometers long. Sewage Gatow: The sewage partially located in the district of Wilhelmstadt are a relic from the earlier times of sanitation. Traditionally the waste water was percolated from a larger part of ( West) Berlin in sandy soil. Although the sludges were skimmed off, the soil is contaminated to this day with countless residues. For many years, the sewage out of service and have become a heathland developed ( nature reserve ). The Berlin Water Works carried out by 2010 Elutionsstudien, where was examined to what extent heavy metals are washed out of the soil and how to recover the ground. To this end, finished treated sewage of the WWTP Ruhleben were seeps.

Gatow bordered along the Potsdamer Chaussee to the GDR. Remaining parts of the former border installations in original condition located in the district of Kladow at the northern end of the Grand - Glienicker Lake ( at the end of Gutsstraße is a small segment of the Berlin Wall was still present), on which a foot and connects Bicycle Lane United Glienicke Kladow and the former border crossing.

The nature reserve Windmühlenberg with the vulnerable and in Berlin now rare vegetation type of the sand - dry grassland flora. Built in the years 2007/2008 windmill at the Buchenwald line was inaugurated by the then mayor Konrad Birkholz Spandau and the Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit solemnly, 2008.

Worth mentioning is the former Gatow airfield, which lies entirely in the district, however Kladow.

→ See also: List of cultural monuments in Berlin- Gatow

Organizations and clubs

• Volunteer Fire Department: From the volunteer members which was founded on January 9, 1909 Gatow volunteer fire emergency rescue service as well as technical assistance and fire fighting in Gatow and the neighboring districts Kladow, Staaken and Wilhelm City is assured.
• Rowing club Collegia
• Football club SC Gatow
• Working Group Gatow
• Friends of Historic Gatow Gatow eV in the museum village