Spandau

For other uses, see Spandau (disambiguation).

Spandau
Borough of Berlin
Coat of arms
Spandau
Location of Spandau in Berlin
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Government
• Mayor	Helmut Kleebank (SPD)
Area
• Total	91.91 km2 (35.49 sq mi)
Population (2012-11-30)
• Total	231,540
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official homepage

Spandau (pronounced [ˈʃpandaʊ̯]) is the fifth of the twelve boroughs (Bezirk) of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.

Overview

In the west it borders on the districts of Oberhavel and Havelland, and the city of Potsdam in the federal state of Brandenburg. Modern industries include metal working, chemicals and carpet manufacturing. It was the location of the notorious Spandau Prison until the prison was demolished in 1987. The British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet took their name from the Spandau borough in the British sector of former West Berlin.

The borough headquarters occupy Spandau Town Hall, built in 1913.

Demographics

As of 2010, Spandau had a population of 223,962, of whom 62,000 (27%) had a migration background or were of non-German ethnicity.

Percentage of people with migration background
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, Kamerun etc.)	7,000 (3%)
Others (East Asians, Russians, Serbs etc.)	20,400 (9%)

Subdivision

Subdivisions of Spandau

Spandau is divided into 9 localities:

• Spandau
• Haselhorst
• Siemensstadt
• Staaken
• Gatow
• Kladow
• Hakenfelde
• Falkenhagener Feld
• Wilhelmstadt

Politics

File:Allocation of seats in the borough council of Spandau (DE).svg

Allocation of seats in the borough council of Spandau

At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:

• CDU 23
• SPD 21
• Alliance '90/The Greens 6
• Pirate Party 3
• The Left 1

Notable people

• Bela B., musician, born December 14, 1962
• Robert Hoyzer, former football referee, born August 28, 1979
• Ivan Rebroff, singer, born July 31, 1931, died February 27, 2008 in Frankfurt
• Erna Sack, soprano, born February 6, 1898, died March 2, 1972 in Mainz
• Daniel F. Sotzmann, cartographer and land surveyor, born April 13, 1754, died August 3, 1840 in Berlin
• Henning Alexander von Kleist, Governor of the Spandau citatel, died there in 1784.

Twin towns

• Luton, United Kingdom since 1950
• Siegen, Germany since 1952
• Asnières-sur-Seine, France since 1959
• Ashdod, Israel since 1968
• Boca Raton, Florida, USA 1979 until May 2003
• Iznik, Turkey since 1987
• Nauen, Germany since 1988

See also

• Berlin Spandau – Charlottenburg North (electoral district)
• "Unterwegs in Spandau": Sehenswürdigkeiten, News, Veranstaltungshinweise und Berichte aus Spandau

External links

• (German) Official Homepage
• Official homepage of Berlin
• "Unterwegs in Spandau": Sehenswürdigkeiten, News, Veranstaltungshinweise und Berichte aus Spandau