Reinickendorf () is the twelfth

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the

Berlin Tegel Airport Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Berlin-Tegel „Otto Lilienthal“) was the primary international airport of Berlin, the federal capital of Germany. The airport was named after aviation pioneer Otto Lilienth ...

Lake Tegel Lake Tegel (german: Tegeler See) () is the second largest lake in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the northwest of the city in the Reinickendorf borough, in the ''Ortsteil'' of Tegel. Overview The historic name ''Tegel'' (first recorded in 13 ...

, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like

Märkisches Viertel Märkisches Viertel (, ''MV'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf in Berlin. Its name refers to the March of Brandenburg (german: Mark Brandenburg). Overview It consists of a large housing estate of a ...

Subdivisions

Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets: *

Reinickendorf 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. Subdi ...

(83,467) *

Tegel Tegel () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of ''Saatwinkel ...

(36,697) *

Konradshöhe Konradshöhe () is a German locality () within the borough () of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History In the course of the northern extension of Berlin during the 19th century, many people settled in the suburbs, attracted by the proximity to nature and ...

(5,960) *

Heiligensee Heiligensee () is a locality within Reinickendorf, a borough of the German capital, Berlin. Geography Overview Situated at Berlin's north-western border on the shores of the Havel river, Heiligensee shares borders with the towns of Hennigsdorf an ...

(18,053) *

Frohnau Frohnau () is a locality in the Reinickendorf borough of Berlin, Germany. It lies in the extreme northern part of the city. Frohnau is an affluent area characterized by many patrician villas from the early 20th century. During the Cold War, it wa ...

(16,540) * Hermsdorf (16,644) *

Waidmannslust Waidmannslust () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History The locality was created in 1875 as a '' Villenkolonie''. In 1920 it merged in the city of Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act. ...

(11,027) *

Lübars Lübars () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the " Greater Berlin Act". As a part of We ...

(5,137) *

Wittenau Wittenau () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History Originally named Dalldorf it was first mentioned in 1332. In 1869 the city of Berlin had acquired land in the Dalldorf in order to ...

(25,051) *

(40,447) *

Borsigwalde Borsigwalde () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. Until 2012 was a zone (''Ortslage'') part of Wittenau. History The locality, named after the engineer August Borsig, was first settled in ...

(6,749)

Politics

District council

The governing body of Reinickendorf 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: ! colspan=2, Party ! Lead candidate ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align=left, Michael Wegner , 37,514 , 29.0 , 6.6 , 18 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

(SPD) , align=left, Uwe Brockhausen , 30,823 , 23.8 , 2.4 , 15 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , align=left, Güneș Keskin , 18,525 , 14.3 , 3.9 , 9 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align=left, Sebastian Maack , 12,291 , 9.5 , 4.9 , 6 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align=left, David Jahn , 9,473 , 7.3 , 0.7 , 4 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (LINKE) , align=left, Felix Lederle , 6,695 , 5.2 , 0.2 , 3 , ±0 , - , colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tierschutzpartei , align=left, , 3,639 , 2.8 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Free Voters Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...

, align=left, , 2,785 , 2.2 , New , 0 , New , - , , align=left, The Greys , align=left, , 2,452 , 1.9 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, dieBasis , align=left, , 1,829 , 1.4 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazi ...

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Ecological Democratic Party The Ecological Democratic Party (german: Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is a conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany. The ÖDP was founded in 1982. The strongest level of voting support for the ÖDP is in Bavaria, where in ...

, align=left, , 229 , 0.2 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, National Democratic Party , align=left, , 146 , 0.1 , 0.3 , 0 , ±0 , - , , align=left, BÄRLÄ , align=left, , 134 , 0.1 , New , 0 , New , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 129,440 ! 98.8 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,525 ! 1.2 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 130,965 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 194,688 ! 67.3 ! 4.4 ! ! , - , colspan=8, 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. Uwe Brockhausen of the SPD was elected mayor on 24 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Twin towns – sister cities

Reinickendorf is twinned with: * Antony, France (1966) *

Bad Steben Bad Steben is a market town in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the mo ...

, Germany (1988) * Blomberg, Germany (1990) * Greenwich (London), England, United Kingdom (1966) *

Kiryat Ata Kiryat Ata ( he, קִרְיַת אָתָא; also Qiryat Ata) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens. History The Early Bronze Age site at Qiryat Ata has been extensively excavate ...

, Israel (1976) *

Melle Melle may refer to: People * Basil Melle (1891–1966), South African cricketer * Gil Mellé (1931–2004), American artist, jazz musician and film composer * John van Melle (1887–1953), Dutch-born South African author * Melle Mel (born 19 ...

, Germany (1988) * Vogelsberg (district), Germany (1964)

Notable people

* Anne Julia Hagen, Miss Germany 2010 *

Thomas Häßler Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler (; born 30 May 1966) is a German former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder throughout his career. At club level, he made a century of appearances for four teams: 1. FC Köln, Karlsruher SC and 1860 ...

(born 1966), footballer *

Reinhard Mey Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born 21 December 1942) is a German "Liedermacher" (literally "songmaker", a German-style singer-songwriter). In France he is known as ''Frédérik Mey''. By 2009, Mey had released 27 German albums, and generally ...

, Musician * Andreas Neuendorf, footballer * Robert Russ, music producer, Grammy winner 2018 * Marie Schlei, politician *

Frank Steffel Frank Steffel (born 2 March 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Party (CDU). Early life and education Born in West Berlin, Steffel grew up in Berlin's Frohnau district. Political car ...

, politician

References

External links

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