Kladow

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Kladow [ kla ː do ː ] is the southernmost district of the Berlin district of Spandau. The name is, Kloda '(= trunk ) derived from the Slavic word.

Location

The district Kladow is limited by the state of Brandenburg in the north of the district of Gatow in the east and southeast of the Havel and the west and southwest. There lie the neighboring villages Potsdam Sacrow and Great Glienicke. With 14,000 inhabitants Kladow is one of the parts of the city who have received their rural character. Close to the center is the promenade, which is upstream of the uninhabited island Imchen.

History

In the area Kladows archaeological Slavic settlements from the 9th to the 12th century and early medieval metalwork ( Kladower Silver Fund) are detected. The inclusion of the Kladower church belonging Ackers in Old clado in 1590 suggests that once was an older settlement of this name elsewhere in the municipality. The local form of the vorfindlichen village square indicates that the end of the 12th century German settlers immigrating took a Slavic settlement.

Testifies documented was the place for the first time in 1267 as Clodow. In the Land Book of Charles IV ( 1375 ) Cladow is mentioned 48 hooves, eight parish hooves and three Schulz hooves. There were four Kossäten, but not explicitly pitcher ( taberna ). All rights to the village belonged to the Benedictines of Spandau, which they had received before 1267 by the Marquis.

During the Reformation, the monastery lost his rights of patronage in 1558, and the village came to the Office Spandau ( until 1872 ). As the whole area also suffered Kladow the Thirty Years War ravages strong; six peasant holdings were deserted. From 1660 it was under private landlords. 1685 John Kunckle received the Lehnschulzengut to fund his experiments. In the 18th century were planted on royal order go mulberry trees for the purpose of sericulture. 1744 Vorwerk New Kladow was created in the 1800's a manor house was built. 1808 large parts of the village were destroyed by fire. It was not until 1818, the village church was built probably in the 13th century was rebuilt, which still stands today.

20th century

In the 19th century, the influx of urban population began. A Berlin builder bought it out, New Kladow. On the banks of the Havel numerous villas arose. As part of the creation of Greater Berlin in 1920, the previously independent city and its surrounding area Spandau, with the church Kladow part of Greater Berlin. In the years 1934/1935 the military airfield Kladow was built, which was after the Second World War, assigned to the district of Gatow and as Gatow airfield was next to Tempelhof and Tegel one of the three Berlin airports built by the Allies during the Berlin Blockade Airlift made ​​possible. In 1953, the thatched chapel was built to the Good Shepherd.

Today Kladow shows as a village in the metropolis. Building as the Good Neukladow (1800) and the village church (1818 ) dating back to the 19th century. However, many new housing estates were like the 1959/1960 established Finnish House settlement in Kladow built. The newest construction project on an area of ​​the southwestern part of the former Gatow airfield (whose terrain completely belongs to Kladow ) is the country town Gatow. With the inauguration of the new shopping center Cladow Center at the intersection of the dam with the Ritter field Kladower dam, life has partially shifted from the village center out. As before, however, this has lots of - some of the old -established - shops and restaurants. In the current Social Atlas of Berlin Kladow occupies the ninth place (out of 96 districts ), that counts (as well as Gatow ) to the "good places ".

Location and Transport

Bus traffic VBB Kladow is connected to both the western center of Berlin as well as with those of Spandau and Potsdam. In addition, the ferry line F10 BVG runs hourly between Kladow and Wannsee in VBB composite.

Kladow has a high school, the Hans Carossa high school and two elementary schools ( primary school at the Ritter field and the Mary Poppins primary school ). Completing the education program by the Free Waldorf School Havelhöhe - Eugen Kolisko near the anthroposophical community hospital Havelhöhe.

Attractions

On the former Gatow airfield, the site lies entirely in the district Kladow today, there is, among others, the Air Force Museum of the Bundeswehr ( At Gatow airfield 33). Here many exhibits from the collections of the Bundeswehr and the NVA are shown (for example, Tornado, Phantom, Starfighter, MIG) ( free admission).