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Location of Gatow in Berlin
Location of Gatow in Berlin

Gatow, a district of south-western Berlin is located west of the Havelsee lake and has forested areas within its boundaries. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. It is within the borough of Spandau. For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. On 31 December 2002, it had 5,532 inhabitants. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

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History

The village church in Gatow
The village church in Gatow

Gatow's existence was first recorded in 1258 under the name of Gatho. In 1558, the village of Gatow became part of Spandau. For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. Following the division of Berlin into four sectors at the end of the Second World War, Gatow became part of the British sector of West Berlin in early July 1945. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar

The General-Steinhoff-Kaserne, RAF Gatow and the Hans-Carossa-Gymnasium

Today's General-Steinhoff-Kaserne was between 1934 and 1994 home to an airfield, first used by the Luftwaffe as a staff and technical college, Luftkriegsschule II, and then by the Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps as RAF Gatow. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942 RAF Gatow has the unlikely distinction of having been home during the Berlin Airlift to the only known operational use of flying boats within central Europe, when the RAF used Short Sunderlands to transport salt from Hamburg to Berlin, landing on the Havelsee lake. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 11 May 1949 was one of the first major international crises of the Cold war. A flying boat is a specialised form of Aircraft that is designed to take off from and land on water using its Fuselage as a floating hull. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany

The airfield was handed back to the Lufwaffe on 7 September 1994 and was kept in use as an airfield for a very short time, being closed to air traffic in 1995. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 It is now called General-Steinhoff-Kaserne and is home to some non-flying Luftwaffe units, and the Luftwaffen Museum der Bundeswehr. This is the museum of the Luftwaffe which has many displays (including historic aircraft) and much information on German military aviation and the history of the airfield. Admission to the museum is free, and full details of the museum and how to get there are on the museum's website [1]. The history of RAF Gatow and of western forces in Berlin from 1945 to 1994 is told in the Alliierten Museum, or the Allied Museum [2].

Also on the site of the former RAF station, but not part of General-Steinhoff-Kaserne, is a school, the Hans-Carossa-Gymnasium, and houses for government employees of the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This has been from 2003 part of the district of Berlin-Kladow. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

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West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany.
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