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Area:	91.91 km²
Inhabitants:	223,768 (2007)
Population density:	2,435 inhabitants per km²
Website:	Official homepage (German)
Politics
Mayor of Borough:	Konrad Birkholz (CDU)
Parliament of Borough (BVV):	CDU 24, SPD 20, Alliance '90/The Greens 4, FDP 3, The Greys 3, The Left Party.PDS 1 (last election 2006)

Localities of 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. 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. The popular British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet took its name from the Spandau borough in the British sector of former West Berlin.

[edit] Subdivision

Spandau is divided into 10 localities:

• Spandau
• Haselhorst
• Siemensstadt
• Staaken
• Gatow
• Kladow
• Hakenfelde
• Falkenhagener Feld
• Wilhelmstadt

[edit] 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

[edit] Twin towns

• 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
• Nauen, Germany since 1988

[edit] External links

• Media related to Spandau at Wikimedia Commons
• (German) Official Homepage
• Official homepage of Berlin

Coordinates: 52°33′N 13°12′E / 52.55°N 13.2°E / 52.55; 13.2

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