In the south is the large former proving ground Döberitzer Heide, now mainly a nature reserve governed by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation.

The Imperial German Army established a military training area in 1894 around the village of Döberitz, which had to be abandoned by its inhabitants.

[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.

After the East German Volkspolizei took control of West-Staaken on 1 February 1951 the checkpoint was moved eastwards.