Reinickendorf () 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
Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets:
Reinickendorf (83,467) 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:
! colspan=2| Party ! Lead candidate ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=left| Michael Wegner | 37,514 | 29.0 | 6.6 | 18 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=left| Uwe Brockhausen | 30,823 | 23.8 | 2.4 | 15 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=left| Güneș Keskin | 18,525 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 9 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | align=left| Sebastian Maack | 12,291 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 6 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=left| David Jahn | 9,473 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 4 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (LINKE) | align=left| Felix Lederle | 6,695 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 3 | ±0 |- | colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Tierschutzpartei | align=left| | 3,639 | 2.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | 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=| | align=left| dieBasis | align=left| | 1,829 | 1.4 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Die PARTEI | align=left| | 1,825 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | ±0
| align=left| Tierschutz hier | align=left| | 1,080 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party | align=left| | 229 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| National Democratic Party | align=left| | 146 | 0.1 | 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 ! 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 SPD District MayorFinance, Staff and Culture Emine Demirbüken-Wegner CDU Deputy MayorSocial Affairs and Civil Service Korinna Stephan GRÜNE Urban Development, Environment and Traffic Harald Muschner CDU Education, Sport and Logistics Alexander Ewers SPD Youth, Family and Health Julia Schrod-Thiel CDU Public Order Source: Berlin.de
Twin towns – sister cities
Reinickendorf is twinned with:
Antony, France (1966) Bad Steben, Germany (1988) Blomberg, Germany (1990) Greenwich (London), England, United Kingdom (1966) Kiryat Ata, Israel (1976) Melle, Germany (1988) 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
Berlin-Reinickendorf (electoral district)
References
External links
Official homepage Official homepage of Berlin