Reinickendorf
Template:For Template:Infobox German location Reinickendorf (Template:IPA) 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.
Subdivisions
Template:Stack Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets:
- Reinickendorf (83,467)Template:Spaces
- 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:
Template:Election table ! colspan=2| Party ! Lead candidate ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=left| Michael Wegner | 37,514 | 29.0 | Template:Decrease 6.6 | 18 | Template:Decrease 3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=left| Uwe Brockhausen | 30,823 | 23.8 | Template:Increase 2.4 | 15 | Template:Increase 2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=left| Güneș Keskin | 18,525 | 14.3 | Template:Increase 3.9 | 9 | Template:Increase 3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | align=left| Sebastian Maack | 12,291 | 9.5 | Template:Decrease 4.9 | 6 | Template:Decrease 2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=left| David Jahn | 9,473 | 7.3 | Template:Increase 0.7 | 4 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| The Left (LINKE) | align=left| Felix Lederle | 6,695 | 5.2 | Template:Decrease 0.2 | 3 | ±0 |- | colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Tierschutzpartei | align=left| | 3,639 | 2.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Voters | align=left| | 2,785 | 2.2 | New | 0 | New |- | | align=left| The Greys | align=left| | 2,452 | 1.9 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| dieBasis | align=left| | 1,829 | 1.4 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Die PARTEI | align=left| | 1,825 | 1.4 | Template:Increase 0.1 | 0 | ±0 |- | | align=left| Tierschutz hier | align=left| | 1,080 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party | align=left| | 229 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| National Democratic Party | align=left| | 146 | 0.1 | Template:Decrease 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 ! Template:Increase 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:
| Councillor | Party | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwe Brockhausen | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | SPD | District Mayor Finance, Staff and Culture |
| Emine Demirbüken-Wegner | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDU | Deputy Mayor Social Affairs and Civil Service |
| Korinna Stephan | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | GRÜNE | Urban Development, Environment and Traffic |
| Harald Muschner | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDU | Education, Sport and Logistics |
| Alexander Ewers | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | SPD | Youth, Family and Health |
| Julia Schrod-Thiel | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | CDU | Public Order |
| Source: Berlin.de | |||
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Reinickendorf is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col
- Template:Flagicon Antony, France (1966)
- Template:Flagicon Bad Steben, Germany (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Blomberg, Germany (1990)
- Template:Flagicon Greenwich (London), England, United Kingdom (1966)
- Template:Flagicon Kiryat Ata, Israel (1976)
- Template:Flagicon Melle, Germany (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Vogelsberg (district), Germany (1964)
Notable people
- Anne Julia Hagen, Miss Germany 2010
- Thomas Häßler (born 1966), footballer
- Reinhard Mey, Musician
- Andreas Neuendorf, footballer
- Robert Russ, music producer, Grammy winner 2018
- Marie Schlei, politician
- Frank Steffel, politician
See also
References
External links
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