Spandau
Spandau | |
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Coordinates: 52°33′N 13°12′E / 52.550°N 13.200°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Berlin |
City | Berlin |
Subdivisions | 9 localities |
Government | |
• Borough Mayor | Frank Bewig (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 91.91 km2 (35.49 sq mi) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 245,527 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | B |
Website | www |
Spandau (German: . It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land area.
Overview
Modern industries in Spandau include metalworking, and chemical and electrical factories. BMW Motorrad's Spandau factory made all BMW's motorcycles from 1969 until final assembly plants were added in Rayong, Thailand, in 2000, and Manaus, Brazil, in 2016.[2][3][4]
History
The history of Spandau begins in the 7th century or 8th century, when the
In 1156, the
During Ascanian rule the construction of
In 1806, after the
From 1849 the poet and revolutionary Gottfried Kinkel was an inmate of Spandau town prison, until he was freed by his friend Carl Schurz in the night of 6 November 1850.
Before
During World War II, Spandau was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, mostly for Polish and Hungarian women.[5]
After World War II, it was part of the
Geography
Outside Berlin, Spandau borders the districts (Kreis) of Oberhavel to the north, and Havelland to the west, and the city of Potsdam, Brandenburg, to the southwest. Within Berlin, it borders the boroughs of Steglitz-Zehlendorf to the south, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf to the east, and Reinickendorf to the northeast. Its land area of 91.91 km2 (35.49 sq mi) is the fourth-largest of the twelve boroughs.
Subdivisions
Spandau Borough is divided into nine quarters (Ortsteile):
Demographics
As of 2010, Spandau had a population of 223,962, the smallest of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. 62,000 of those were migrants or other non-ethnic Germans, comprising 27% of Spandau's population.[7]
Percentage of people with migration background[7] | |
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Germans without migration background/ Ethnic Germans |
165,000 (73%) |
Germans with migration background or foreign citizens | 62,000 (27%) |
Middle Eastern origin (Turkey, Arab League, Iran etc.) | 20,400 (9%) |
(non-German) EU-European migration background (esp. Poles, Romanians etc.) | 13,600 (6%) |
African background/Afro-Germans (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon etc.) | 7,000 (3%) |
Others (East Asians, Russians, Serbs etc.) | 20,400 (9%) |
Politics
District council
The governing body of Spandau is the district council (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung). It has responsibility for passing laws and electing the city government, including the mayor. The most recent district council election was held on 26 September 2021, and the results were as follows:
Party | Lead candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Carola Brückner | 31,250 | 27.7 | 5.5 | 17 | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | Frank Bewig | 30,714 | 27.2 | 1.5 | 16 | ±0 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | Elmas Wieczorek-Hahn | 13,460 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 7 | 3 | |
Alternative for Germany (AfD) | Andreas Otti | 11,516 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 6 | 3 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Matthias Unger | 8,464 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | |
The Left (LINKE) | Lars Leschewitz | 6,104 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 3 | ±0 | |
Tierschutzpartei | Aida Spiegeler Castañeda | 5,063 | 4.5 | New | 2 | New | |
Die PARTEI | 2,235 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0 | ±0 | ||
dieBasis | 1,743 | 1.5 | New | 0 | New | ||
We are Berlin | 1,222 | 1.1 | New | 0 | New | ||
Voter Initiative Social Spandau | 677 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | ±0 | ||
Ecological Democratic Party | 296 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | ||
Liberal Conservative Reformers
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138 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | ||
Valid votes | 112,882 | 98.6 | |||||
Invalid votes | 1,577 | 1.4 | |||||
Total | 114,459 | 100.0 | 55 | ±0 | |||
Electorate/voter turnout | 177,874 | 64.3 | 5.0 | ||||
Source: Elections Berlin |
District government
The district mayor (Bezirksbürgermeister) is elected by the Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, and positions in the district government (Bezirksamt) are apportioned based on party strength. Carola Brückner of the SPD was elected mayor on 4 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:
Councillor | Party | Portfolio | |
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Carola Brückner | SPD | District Mayor Staff, Finance, Logistics and Economic Development | |
Frank Bewig | CDU | Deputy Mayor Education, Culture and Sport | |
Thorsten Schatz | CDU | Construction, Planning and Environment | |
Gregor Kempert | SPD | Social Affairs and Civil Service | |
Oliver Gellert | GRÜNE | Youth and Health | |
Vacant | AfD | Public Order | |
Source: Berlin.de |
Sports
The Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 have traditionally been an immensely powerful water polo team. They have been the most successful ball sports team in Europe with 85 national and international titles.[8] Hagen Stamm, longtime captain of the team, was German champion fourteen times in a row from 1979 to 1992, and winner of the German cup twelve times and won the European Cup in 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1989. He is currently the president of the association (as of 2020). The team's home games do not take place in the district, but in the Sportzentrum Schöneberg. For 2027, the team plans to move to the then newly constructed arena in Spandau.[9]
In 1939, LSV Spandau won the title of the first
Notable people
- Bela B.(born 1962), musician
- Hans Berndt (1913–1988), football player
- Helmut Bonnet (1910–1944), athlete
- Käthe Heinemann(1891–1975), pianist
- Robert Hoyzer(born 1979), football referee
- Käthe Itter (1907–1992), actress
- Paul Kellner (1890–1972), swimmer
- Henning Alexander von Kleist (1707–1784), Governor of Spandau citadel, died there
- Rosa Lindemann (1876–1958), communist
- Arthur Löwenstamm (1882–1965), Spandau Synagogue's first and only rabbi from 1917 to 1938
- Moriz von Lyncker (1853–1932), Prussian officer and Chief of the Military Cabinet of Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Christian Friedrich Neue (1789–1886), philologist
- Oliver Petszokat (born 1978), better known by his stage name Oli.P, singer, actor and TV presenter
- Hans von Plessen (1841–1929), Prussian Colonel-General
- Ivan Rebroff (1931–2008), singer
- Erna Sack (1898–1972), coloratura soprano, known as the German Nightingale for her high vocal range.
- Sıla Şahin (born 1985), actress
- Richard Schulze-Kossens (1914–1988), SS commander during the Nazi era
- Franz Hermann Troschel (1810–1882), zoologist
- Carl Albert Weber (1856–1931), botanist
- Kai Wegner (born 1972), politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Twin towns – sister cities
- Ashdod, Israel (1968)
- Asnières-sur-Seine, France (1959)
- İznik, Turkey (1987)
- Luton, United Kingdom (1959)
- Nauen, Germany (1988)
- Siegen, Germany (1952)
- Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany (1952)
See also
- Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North (electoral district)
- Altstadt Spandau, the historic old town
- Spandau Synagogue
- Monuments in Spandau (German Wikipedia)
References
- ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2021.
- ^ "my FB Title". Be.berlin.de. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Henry, Ian (6 January 2015). "BMW: Global growth". Automotive Manufacturing Solutions. Ultima Media. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- BMW Group. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
- ISBN 978-0-521-86720-7.
- ^ a b "Melderechtlich registrierte Einwohner im Land Berlin" (PDF). Statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Wasserball-Bundesliga-Mannschaft der Männer spandau04.de. Accessed 17 March 2022.(in German)
- ^ ANDRÉ GÖRKE (14 January 2021). "Millionen-Baustelle rückt näher – der Antrag ist da". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften des Bezirks Spandau". berlin.de (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Further reading
- Zeller, Frederic (1989). When Time Ran Out: Coming of Age in the Third Reich. London: W H Allen. ISBN 0-491-03614-0.