Spandau
Spandau is one of the twelve boroughs (Bezirk) of Berlin. It is the fifth and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel.
Overview
In the west it borders with the districts of Oberhavel, 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 popular British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet took its name from the Spandau borough in the British sector of former West Berlin.
Subdivision
Spandau is divided into 10 localities:
- Spandau
- Haselhorst
- Siemensstadt
- Staaken
- Gatow
- Kladow
- Hakenfelde
- Falkenhagener Feld
- Wilhelmstadt
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
Twin towns
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 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf |
Charlottenburg • Charlottenburg-Nord • Grunewald • Halensee • Schmargendorf • Westend • Wilmersdorf
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 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg |
Friedrichshain • Kreuzberg
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 Lichtenberg |
Alt-Hohenschönhausen • Falkenberg • Fennpfuhl • Friedrichsfelde • Karlshorst • Lichtenberg • Malchow • Neu-Hohenschönhausen • Rummelsburg • Wartenberg
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 Marzahn-Hellersdorf |
Biesdorf • Hellersdorf • Kaulsdorf • Mahlsdorf • Marzahn
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 Mitte |
Gesundbrunnen • Hansaviertel • Mitte • Moabit • Tiergarten • Wedding
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 Neukölln |
Britz • Buckow • Gropiusstadt • Neukölln • Rudow
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 Pankow |
Blankenburg • Blankenfelde • Buch • Französisch Buchholz • Heinersdorf • Karow • Niederschönhausen • Pankow • Prenzlauer Berg • Rosenthal • Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow • Weißensee • Wilhelmsruh
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 Reinickendorf |
Frohnau • Heiligensee • Hermsdorf • Konradshöhe • Lübars • Märkisches Viertel • Reinickendorf • Tegel • Waidmannslust • Wittenau
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 Spandau |
Falkenhagener Feld • Gatow • Hakenfelde • Haselhorst • Kladow • Siemensstadt • Spandau • Staaken • Wilhelmstadt
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 Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
Dahlem • Lankwitz • Lichterfelde • Nikolassee • Steglitz • Wannsee • Zehlendorf
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 Tempelhof-Schöneberg |
Friedenau • Lichtenrade • Mariendorf • Marienfelde • Schöneberg • Tempelhof
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 Treptow-Köpenick |
Adlershof • Alt-Treptow • Altglienicke • Baumschulenweg • Bohnsdorf • Friedrichshagen • Grünau • Johannisthal • Köpenick • Müggelheim • Niederschöneweide • Oberschöneweide • Plänterwald • Rahnsdorf • Schmöckwitz
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Former boroughs of Berlin (1920–2000) |
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West boroughs
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Charlottenburg • Kreuzberg • Neukölln • Reinickendorf • Schöneberg • Spandau • Steglitz • Tempelhof • Tiergarten • Wedding • Wilmersdorf • Zehlendorf
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East boroughs
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Friedrichshain • Hellersdorf (1986) • Hohenschönhausen (1985) • Köpenick • Lichtenberg • Marzahn (1979) • Mitte • Pankow • Prenzlauer Berg • Treptow • Weissensee
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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
Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
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