Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Tempelhof-Schöneberg | |
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Borough of Berlin | |
 Ullsteinhaus | |
 Coat of arms | |
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  Tempelhof-Schöneberg | |
| Coordinates: 52°28′N 13°23′E / 52.467°N 13.383°ECoordinates: 52°28′N 13°23′E / 52.467°N 13.383°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Subdivisions | 6 localities |
| Government | |
| • District Mayor | Angelika Schöttler (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.09 km2 (20.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-12-31) | |
| • Total | 350,984 |
| • Density | 6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | B |
| Website | Official website |
Tempelhof-Schöneberg (German pronunciation: [ˈtɛmpl̩hoːf ˈʃøːnəˌbɛʁk]) is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in the north, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the west as well as Neukölln in the east.
Subdivision[]
Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south:
Demographics[]
As of 2010, the borough had a population of 335,060, of whom about 105,000 (31%) were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were Turks constituting 7% of the population; Poles at 4%; Yugoslavians at 3%; Arabs at 2.5%; Afro-Germans at 1.5% and Russians at 1.3%.[1]
| Percentage of the population with migration background [2] | |
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| Germans without migration background/Ethnic Germans | 69% (230,100) |
| Germans with migration background/Foreigners | 31% (105,000) |
| - Middle Eastern/Muslim migration background (Turkey, Arab League, Iran etc.) | 10.5% (35,000) |
| - Polish migration background | 4% (13,000) |
| - former Soviet background (Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan etc.) | 3.0% (10,300) |
| - Yugoslavian migration background | 2.7% (9,000) |
| - Afro-German/African background | 1.5% (5,000) |
| - Others (Greeks, Italians, East Asians etc.) | 9.3% (32,700) |
Politics[]
At the 2016 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:
- SPD 15
- Alliance '90/The Greens 13
- CDU 12
- Alternative for Germany 6
- The Left 5
- Free Democratic Party 4
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Tempelhof-Schöneberg is twinned with:[3]
Ahlen, Germany (1964)
Amstelveen, Netherlands (1957)- Bad Kreuznach (district), Germany (1964)
Barnet, England, United Kingdom (1955)
Charenton-le-Pont, France (1984)
Koszalin, Poland (1995)- Levallois-Perret, France (1986)
Mezitli, Turkey (2012)
Nahariya, Israel (1970)- Paderborn (district), Germany (1962)
- Penzberg, Germany (1964)
- Teltow-Fläming (district), Germany (1991)
- Werra-Meißner (district), Germany (1957)
- Wuppertal, Germany (1964)
Sites of interest[]
Wikimedia Deutschland has its offices in Tempelhof-Schöneberg.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Seite wird geladen" (PDF).
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- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg". berlin.de (in German). Berlin. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Kontakt." Wikimedia Deutschland. Retrieved on 8 May 2010.
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