Reinickendorf
Appearance
Reinickendorf | |
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Country | Germany |
State | Berlin |
City | Berlin |
Subdivisions | 10 localities |
Government | |
• Mayor | Frank Balzer (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 89.5 km2 (34.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
Population (2012-11-30) | |
• Total | 247,248 |
• Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | B |
Website | Official homepage Template:De icon |
Reinickendorf is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.
Subdivision
Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets:
- Reinickendorf (73,847)
- Tegel (33,873)
- Konradshöhe (6,031)
- Heiligensee (17,800)
- Frohnau (17,309)
- Hermsdorf (16,950)
- Waidmannslust (10,316)
- Lübars (5,021)
- Wittenau (22,696)
- Märkisches Viertel (35,833)
- Borsigwalde (6,432)
Politics
At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:
- CDU 26
- SPD 17
- Alliance '90/The Greens 8
- Pirate Party 4
Twin towns
- Vogelsbergkreis, Germany since 1964
- Lauterbach since 1966
- Antony, France since 1966
- Royal Borough of Greenwich, United Kingdom since 1966
- Kiryat Ata, Israel since 1976
- Bad Steben, Germany since 1988
- Melle, Germany since 1988
- Blomberg, Germany since 1990
Sons and daughters of Reinickendorf
- Anne Julia Hagen, Miss Germany 2010
- Thomas Hässler (born 1966), footballer
- Reinhard Mey, Musician
- Andreas Neuendorf, footballer
- Marie Schlei, politician
- Frank Steffel, politicians
See also
References
External links
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