Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth
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
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, formed in
Berlin's 2001 administrative reform
Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federated states (city state). Since the 2001 administrative reform, it has been made up of twelve districts (german: Bezirke, ), each with its own administrative body. However, unlike the municipaliti ...
by merging the former boroughs of
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
and
Zehlendorf.
Home to
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
, the
Berlin Botanical Garden, and a variety of museums and art collections, Steglitz-Zehlendorf is an important hub for research, science and culture in Berlin. It is known to be the wealthiest borough of Berlin, having the city's highest median household income.
History
The first mention of a present-day locality in the district by name was
Lankwitz
Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz.
History
The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lanko ...
(Lancewitz) in 1239. It is assumed that Slavic and German settlements were established at the
Schlachtensee
Schlachtensee () is a lake in the south west of Berlin, in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough (in the quarters of Schlachtensee), on the edge of the Grunewald forest. The lake lends its name to the surrounding area and to the nearby ''Studentend ...
and
Krume Lanke lakes after 1200 at the latest. The first documented mention of
Zehlendorf (then Cedelendorp) dates back to 1242. Here the
Lehnin Abbey
Lehnin Abbey (german: Kloster Lehnin) is a former Cistercian monastery in Lehnin in Brandenburg, Germany. Founded in 1180 and secularized during the Protestant Reformation in 1542, it has accommodated the ''Luise-Henrietten-Stift'', a Protestant ...
bought the settlement and kept it until 1542.
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
donated a church to the village in 1768 during a stopover on the journey from the Berlin Palace to the Sanssouci Palace. The settlement was located halfway between the two places, which gave the village an economic boost through its function as a relay station. Steglitz also originated in the first half of the 13th century as a
Linear settlement
A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical re ...
. At the end of this century the wooden church was replaced with the village church Steglitz. It stood until the 19th century, when it was replaced by
Matthew's Church.
Today's double district is still characterized by connecting infrastructure between Berlin and Potsdam. For example, the first section of the
Reichsstraße 1 was routed through Steglitz and Zehlendorf (paved in 1792). In 1838, the
Stammbahn was opened parallel to this. This development of the suburbs led to a strong growth of the settlements. Steglitz became the largest rural municipality in
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
around 1900 with 80,000 inhabitants. The former districts of Steglitz and Zehlendorf were formed in 1920 during the formation of
Greater Berlin
The Greater Berlin Act (german: Groß-Berlin-Gesetz), officially Law Regarding the Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin (german: Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Berlin), was a law passed by the Prussian state government i ...
from previously independent rural communities and estate districts of the Teltow district. The entire area of the present district belonged to the American Sector of Berlin after the Second World War from 1945 to 1990, together with the districts of
Tempelhof
Tempelhof () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It is the location of the former Tempelhof Airport, one of the earliest commercial airports in the world. The former airport and surroundings are now a park called ...
,
Schöneberg
Schöneberg () is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempelh ...
,
Neukölln
Neukölln () is one of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is located in the southeastern part from the city centre towards Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It was part of the former American sector under the Four-Power occupation of the city. It featu ...
and
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...
. In 2001, the two formerly independent districts were merged to form the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf as part of Berlin's administrative reform. In December 2020, the new Locality
Schlachtensee
Schlachtensee () is a lake in the south west of Berlin, in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough (in the quarters of Schlachtensee), on the edge of the Grunewald forest. The lake lends its name to the surrounding area and to the nearby ''Studentend ...
was founded on the initiative of local residents.
Demographics
As of 2021, Steglitz-Zehlendorf had a population of roughly 306 000, making it the fifth most populous out of Berlin's twelve boroughs. The median age was 46,5, the highest of all Berlin boroughs. 28,8% of Steglitz-Zehlendorf residents had a migration background, lying under the Berlin average of 36%.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf has the highest number of
Abitur
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(secondary education degree) graduates in Berlin. The borough also has the highest median household income and the lowest unemployment rate in Berlin. With 15% of Steglitz-Zehlendorf households making more than 200% of the German national median income, it is the wealthiest Berlin borough.
Subdivision
Since December 2020, the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough consists of eight localities:
Politics
District council
The governing body of Steglitz-Zehlendorf 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, Cerstin Richter-Kotowski
, 48,961
, 27.2
, 1.2
, 17
, ±0
, -
, 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, Maren Schellenberg
, 40,184
, 22.4
, 2.7
, 14
, 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
For ...
(SPD)
, align=left, Carolina Böhm
, 39,079
, 21.7
, 0.8
, 13
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align=left, Mathia Specht-Habbel
, 16,997
, 9.5
, 0.4
, 5
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist
*
*
*
*
*
*
* political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...
(AfD)
, align=left, Peer Döhnert
, 9,245
, 5.1
, 5.4
, 3
, 3
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
The Left (LINKE)
, align=left, Pia Imhof-Speckmann
, 9,007
, 5.0
, 1.0
, 3
, ±0
, -
, colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey,
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Tierschutzpartei
, align=left,
, 4,503
, 2.5
, New
, 0
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
dieBasis
, align=left,
, 2,750
, 1.5
, New
, 0
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Volt Germany
Volt Germany (, mostly known by the abbreviated name Volt) is a social-liberal pro-European, eurofederalist political party in Germany. It is the German branch of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level.
Italian And ...
, align=left,
, 2,595
, 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 ...
, align=left,
, 2,332
, 1.3
, 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,
, 1,797
, 1.0
, New
, 0
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Klimaliste
Klimaliste ( en, Climate List) is the name of various microparties and voter groups in Germany that advocate climate protection measures to meet the 1.5 °C IPCC and Paris Agreement warming limit target. They see themselves as a grassroots mo ...
, align=left,
, 911
, 0.5
, New
, 0
, New
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
Pirate Party Germany
The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the informat ...
, align=left,
, 832
, 0.5
, 1.9
, 0
, ±0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left,
The Humanists
, align=left,
, 503
, 0.3
, New
, 0
, New
, -
! colspan=3, Valid votes
! 179,696
! 99.2
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=3, Invalid votes
! 1,431
! 0.8
!
!
!
, -
! colspan=3, Total
! 181,127
! 100.0
!
! 55
! ±0
, -
! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout
! 234,324
! 77.3
! 6.1
!
!
, -
, 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. Maren Schellenberg of the Greens was elected mayor on 8 December 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:
Landmarks
* The ''
Bierpinsel'' (literally: "Beer Brush"), a 1970s style restaurant tower in
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
* The
Botanical Garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
in
Dahlem
*
Glienicke Palace
Glienicke Palace (german: Schloss Glienicke) is a historic palace located on the peninsula of Berlin- Wannsee in Germany. It was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel around 1825 for Prince Carl of Prussia. Since 1990, Glienicke Palace and the p ...
*
Glienicke Hunting Lodge
* The
Philological Library
The Philological Library (german: Philologische Bibliothek) is a component of the "Rust and Silver Lodges" complex in the main campus of the Freie Universität Berlin. It was designed by internationally known architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster ...
at the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
in
Dahlem, by
Norman Foster
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
*
Prussian Privy State Archives The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (german: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz or ''GStA PK'') is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. A Federal statutor ...
in Dahlem
* The
Wannsee
Wannsee () is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger ''Großer Wannsee'' (Greater Wannsee, "See" means lake) and the ...
:
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
, villa (site of the notorious
Wannsee Conference), and
lido
Lido may refer to:
Geography Africa
* Lido, a district in the city of Fez, Morocco
Asia
* Lido, an area in Chaoyang District, Beijing
* Lido, a cinema theater in Siam Square shopping area in Bangkok
* Lido City, a resort in West Java owned by MN ...
*
Liebermann Villa
The Liebermann Villa is the former summer residence of the German painter Max Liebermann. It is located directly at the shores of Lake Wannsee in Berlin. It has been open to public since April 30, 2006 and shows a collection of Liebermann's pain ...
, former residence of the painter Max Liebermann, today a museum for his art at the Wannsee
*
Pfaueninsel
Pfaueninsel (, "Peacock Island") is an island in the River Havel situated in Berlin- Wannsee, in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in southwestern Berlin, near the border with Potsdam in Brandenburg. The island is part of the Palaces and Par ...
''(Peacock Island)'', with the same named castle in the Wannsee
*
Berlin Mexikoplatz station
Berlin Mexikoplatz (in German ''Bahnhof Berlin Mexikoplatz'') is a railway station in the Zehlendorf district of Berlin, Germany. It is served by the Berlin S-Bahn line S1 and several local bus lines. It is also planned to extend the U3 U-Bahn l ...
,
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
railway station in
Zehlendorf
* The
Lichterfelde West
Lichterfelde West is part of Lichterfelde (Berlin), Lichterfelde in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough of Berlin. It is known for its historic mansions, tree-lined streets and green squares.
Next to Dahlem (Berlin), Dahlem and Grunewald (locality), G ...
''Villenkolonie'' – exclusive residential area from1860 with tree lined and cobbled streets
Gallery
File:2006-09-02 Botanischer Garten Haus P.jpg, Botanical Garden
File:Klein-Glienicke Schloss Gartenhof nach Nordwest.jpg, Glienicke Palace
File:Liebermann-Villa B-Wannsee 02-2014.jpg, Liebermann Villa
File:Mexikoplatz B-Schlachtensee 06-2017.jpg, Mexikoplatz railway station
File:2012BerlinWannsee1.jpg, Beach at the Wannsee
Education
Gymnasiums
* Arndt-Gymnasium Dahlem in
Dahlem
* Beethoven-Gymnasium in
Lankwitz
Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz.
History
The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lanko ...
* Dreilinden-Gymnasium in
Nikolassee
Nikolassee () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, named after the small Nikolassee lake. Located in the affluent Southwest of the city, the area comprises parts of the Schlachtensee neighbou ...
* Droste-Hülshoff-Schule in
Zehlendorf
* Fichtenberg-Oberschule in
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
* Goethe-Gymnasium in
Lichterfelde Lichterfelde may refer to:
* Lichterfelde (Berlin), a locality in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin, Germany
* Lichterfelde West, an elegant residential area in Berlin
* Lichterfelde, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Stendhal Distric ...
* Gymnasium Steglitz in
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
* Hermann-Ehlers-Gymnasium in
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
* Königin-Luise-Stiftung in
Dahlem
* Lilienthal-Gymnasium in
Lichterfelde Lichterfelde may refer to:
* Lichterfelde (Berlin), a locality in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin, Germany
* Lichterfelde West, an elegant residential area in Berlin
* Lichterfelde, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Stendhal Distric ...
* Paulsen-Gymnasium in
Steglitz
Steglitz () is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is a Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German .
Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
* Schadow-Gymnasium in
Zehlendorf
* Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium in
Nikolassee
Nikolassee () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, named after the small Nikolassee lake. Located in the affluent Southwest of the city, the area comprises parts of the Schlachtensee neighbou ...
* Willi-Graf-Gymnasium in
Lichterfelde Lichterfelde may refer to:
* Lichterfelde (Berlin), a locality in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin, Germany
* Lichterfelde West, an elegant residential area in Berlin
* Lichterfelde, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the Stendhal Distric ...
* Freie Schule Anne-Sophie Berlin in
Zehlendorf
Locations for science
*
American Academy in Berlin
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* Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft
*
Centre for Modern Oriental Studies Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) is a German research institute located in Berlin, Germany. The researchers focus on a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the Middle East, Africa, Eurasia, South and Southeast Asia. Central to its current ...
*
Charité
The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine) is one of Europe's largest university hospitals, affiliated with Humboldt University and Free University Berlin. With numerous Collaborative Research Cen ...
– Campus Benjamin Franklin
*
German Federal Archives
The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (german: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.
They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and t ...
- branch office Berlin: central archive of the
German Reich
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and the
GDR
*
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (german: , or BAM) is a German material research institute.
History
Its historical origins start in 1871, a year in which Germany was unified, as the ''Mechanisch-Technische Versuchsansta ...
*
Freie Universität Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
''(Free University of Berlin)'' in Dahlem
**
Philological Library of Freie Universität Berlin
**
Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science
*
German Archaeological Institute
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*
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
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*
Institute for Museum Research
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*
Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin
The is a Japanese international school (''nihonjin gakkō'') located in the Wannsee area of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany.
The fourth ''nihonjin gakkō'' in Germany, the school opened in 1993.[Japanese international school
''Zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 在外教育施設 "Overseas educational institution"), or in English, Japanese international school or overseas Japanese school, may refer to one of three types of institutions officially classified by the Ministry ...]
, is in the
Wannsee
Wannsee () is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger ''Großer Wannsee'' (Greater Wannsee, "See" means lake) and the ...
community in Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
* Krankenhaus Waldfriede
*
Max Planck Society
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**
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
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The original Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochem ...
**
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
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**
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
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Departments and rese ...
**
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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*
Prussian Privy State Archives The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (german: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz or ''GStA PK'') is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. A Federal statutor ...
*
Zuse Institute Berlin
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Twin towns – sister cities
Steglitz-Zehlendorf is
twinned with:
*
Brøndby, Denmark (1968)
*
Cassino
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Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
, Italy (1969)
*
Hagen
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, Germany (1967)
*
Industrialnyi (Kharkiv), Ukraine (1990)
*
Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny () is a small historic town in eastern Poland, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it was one of the most important citi ...
, Poland (1993)
*
Kiryat Bialik
Kiryat Bialik ( he, קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק, also Qiryat Bialik) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. It is one of the five Krayot suburbs to the north of Haifa. In it had a population of .
The city was named after the poet H ...
, Israel (1966)
*
Königs Wusterhausen
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Geography
Geographical location
Königs Wusterhausen – or "KW" () as it is often called locally – lie ...
, Germany (1988)
*
Lüchow-Dannenberg
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, Germany (1979)
*
Nałęczów
Nałęczów is a spa town (population 4,800) situated on the Nałęczów Plateau in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. Nałęczów belongs to Lesser Poland.
History
In the 18th century, the discovery there of healing waters i ...
, Poland (1993)
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Nentershausen, Germany (1966)
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Poniatowa
Poniatowa is a town in southeastern Poland, in Opole Lubelskie County, in Lublin Voivodship, with 10,500 inhabitants (2006). It belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland. During the existence of the 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Common ...
, Poland
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Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Rendsburg-Eckernförde (; da, Rendsborg-Egernførde) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön (district), Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of ...
, Germany (1964)
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Ronneby
Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,029 inhabitants in 2010.
Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's m ...
, Sweden (1976)
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Sderot
Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the c ...
, Israel (1975)
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Sochos
Sochos ( el, Σοχός, , bg, Сухо) is a community and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. The com ...
, Greece (1993)
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Songpa (Seoul), South Korea (2013)
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Szilvásvárad, Hungary (1989)
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Westerwald
The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish ...
, Germany (1970)
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Zugló (Budapest), Hungary (2008)
In 2020 Steglitz-Zehlendorf dissociated itself from its twin town of
Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny () is a small historic town in eastern Poland, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it was one of the most important citi ...
in Poland because the latter declared itself an
LGBT free zone.
There is a debate about terminating the partnership.
See also
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Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf (electoral district)
References
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