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For the homonymous locality in Neukölln district, see Neukölln (locality).

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	The location of Neukölln in Berlin.
Area:	44.93 km²
Inhabitants:	309,380 (June 2008)
Population density:	6,886 inhabitants per km²
Website:	(German) official homepage
Politics
Mayor of Borough:	Heinz Buschkowsky (SPD)
Parliament of Borough (BVV):	SPD 21, CDU 17, Alliance '90/The Greens 6, FDP 3, The Left Party.PDS 3, The Greys 3, NPD 2 (last election 2006)

Localities of Neukölln

Neukölln is the eighth borough of Berlin, located in the southeastern part of the city. It features many Gründerzeit buildings and has one of the highest percentage of immigrants in Berlin.

From 1966 to 1975 the Gropiusstadt was built, a "Trabantenstadt" or city-within-a-city housing estate, designed by architect Walter Gropius.

Neukölln is selected as pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission Intercultural cities programme.

[edit] Subdivision

Neukölln is divided into 5 localities:

Locality	Area (km²)	Inhabitants	Density (Inhabitants/km²)
0801 Neukölln	11.7	150,756	12,885
0802 Britz	12.4	38,334	3,091
0803 Buckow	6.35	38,018	5,987
0804 Rudow	11.8	41,040	3,478
0805 Gropiusstadt	2.66	35,844	13,475

[edit] Personalities

Horst Buchholz, actor, born December 4, 1933, died March 3, 2003 in Berlin
Alexander Hacke, musician, born October 11, 1965 in Neukölln
Jutta Limbach, legal academic, born March 27, 1934 in Neukölln
Inge Meysel, actress, born May 5, 1910 in Neukölln, died July 10, 2004 in Bullenhausen, Seevetal
Mady Rahl, actress, born March 3, 1915 in Neukölln
Lotte Ulbricht, wife of East German leader Walter Ulbricht, born April 19, 1903 in Neukölln, died March 27, 2002 in Berlin.
Momus (artist), born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Scotland, lives in Neukölln.

[edit] References in popular culture

"Neuköln" (deliberately spelt with one 'l') is an instrumental piece by David Bowie, the ninth track on his 1977 album "Heroes".
The last track of Miss Kittin's first solo album I Com is called "Neukölln 2".
The german film Knallhart ist set in the northen part of Neukölln.
The german documentary Neukölln Unlimited tells the story of three lebanese teenagers based in Neukölln, who fight against the deportation out of Germany.