Reinickendorf () is the twelfth

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

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, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.

Subdivisions

Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets: * Reinickendorf (83,467) * Tegel (36,697) * Konradshöhe (5,960) * Heiligensee (18,053) * Frohnau (16,540) * Hermsdorf (16,644) * Waidmannslust (11,027) * Lübars (5,137) * Wittenau (25,051) * Märkisches Viertel (40,447) * Borsigwalde (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,

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Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

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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 ...

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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) *

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, Germany (1988) * Blomberg, Germany (1990) * Greenwich (London), England, United Kingdom (1966) * Kiryat Ata, Israel (1976) * Melle, Germany (1988) * Vogelsberg (district), Germany (1964)

Notable people

* Anne Julia Hagen, Miss Germany 2010 * Thomas Häßler (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 *

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, politician

References

External links

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