Treptow-Köpenick () is the ninth

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, Germany, formed in

Berlin's 2001 administrative reform Berlin is divided into boroughs or administrative districts (). In Berlin, the term is officially shortened to (districts). The boroughs are further divided into quarters (). These smaller localities are officially recognised, but have no admini ...

by merging the former boroughs of

Treptow Treptow () was a former borough in the southeast of Berlin. It merged with Köpenick to form Treptow-Köpenick in 2001. Geography The district was composed by the localities of Alt-Treptow, Plänterwald, Baumschulenweg, Niederschönewei ...

and

Köpenick Köpenick () is a historic town and locality (''Ortsteil'') in Berlin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially ado ...

. The borough was formerly part of

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Overview

Among Berlin's boroughs it is the largest by area with the lowest population density. The

Johannisthal Air Field The Johannisthal Air Field, located southeast of central Berlin, between Johannisthal (Berlin), Johannisthal and Adlershof, was Germany, Germany's first commercial airfield. It opened on 26 September 1909, a few weeks after the world's first a ...

, Germany's first airfield, was located in Treptow-Köpenick, between Johannisthal and

Adlershof Adlershof (, literally "Eagle's Court") is a locality (') in the Boroughs of Berlin, borough (') Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. Adlershof is home to the new City of Science, Technology and Media (WISTA), located on the southwestern edge of ...

Treptower Park Treptower Park (, with a silent ''w'') is a park alongside the river Spree (river), Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. History It was the location of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin i ...

, a popular place for recreation and a tourist destination, is also located in the borough. The park features the sprawling Soviet War Memorial, a

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to the

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soldiers who fell in the

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in 1945.

Subdivisions

Treptow-Köpenick is divided into 15 localities: * Alt-Treptow * Plänterwald * Baumschulenweg * Johannisthal * Niederschöneweide * Altglienicke *

* Bohnsdorf * Oberschöneweide *

* Friedrichshagen * Rahnsdorf * Grünau * Müggelheim * Schmöckwitz

Politics

District council

The governing body of Treptow-Köpenick 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,

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 Form ...

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Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

(Grüne) , align=left, Claudia Leistner , 21,929 , 13.7 , 4.3 , 8 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align=left, Bertram Wieczorek , 21,131 , 13.2 , 0.7 , 8 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

(AfD) , align=left, Alexander Bertram , 19,031 , 11.9 , 8.2 , 7 , 5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align=left, Joachim Schmidt , 9,698 , 6.1 , 2.5 , 3 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tierschutzpartei , align=left, Jennifer Schrodt , 5,934 , 3.7 , New , 2 , New , - , colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , 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 magazine ...

, align=left, , 3,935 , 2.5 , 0.2 , 0 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Free Voters Free Voters (, FW) is a political party in Germany. It originates as an umbrella organisation of several Free Voters Associations (), associations of people which participate in an election without having the status of a registered party. These a ...

, align=left, , 2,878 , 1.8 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, dieBasis , align=left, , 2,533 , 1.6 , New , 0 , New , - , , align=left, Treptow-Köpenick Voters' Association , align=left, , 1,080 , 0.7 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Klimaliste , align=left, , 998 , 0.6 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Humanists , align=left, , 630 , 0.4 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, National Democratic Party , align=left, , 530 , 0.3 , 0.8 , 0 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Liberal Conservative Reformers , align=left, , 514 , 0.3 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Ecological Democratic Party , align=left, , 431 , 0.3 , New , 0 , New , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 159,765 ! 99.0 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,627 ! 1.0 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 161,392 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 219,255 ! 73.6 ! 7.4 ! ! , - , 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. Oliver Igel of the SPD was elected mayor on 27 October 2011. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Twin towns – sister cities

Treptow-Köpenick is twinned with: * Albinea, Italy (1997) * Cajamarca, Peru (1998) *

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany (1990) * East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania, United States (1991) * Izola, Slovenia (2002) * Mokotów (Warsaw), Poland (1993) *

Mürzzuschlag Mürzzuschlag () is a town in northeastern Styria, Austria, the capital of the former Mürzzuschlag District. It is located on the Mürz river near the Semmering Pass, the border with the state of Lower Austria, about southwest of Vienna. The ...

, Austria (2002) * Odernheim, Germany (1997) *

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, Serbia (2002) * Tepebaşı, Turkey (2017) *

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, Hungary (2002)

References

External links

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