Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf () is the fourth

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, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of

Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Prussia, it is best known for Charlottenburg Palace, the ...

and

Wilmersdorf Wilmersdorf (), an inner-city locality of Berlin, lies south-west of the central city. Formerly a borough by itself, Wilmersdorf became part of the new borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. History The v ...

Overview

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the western city centre of Berlin and the adjacent affluent suburbs. It borders on the Mitte borough in the east, on Tempelhof-Schöneberg in the southeast, Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the south,

Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...

in the west and on

Reinickendorf 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. Subdi ...

in the north. The district includes the inner city localities of

and

Halensee Halensee () is a ''locality'' (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the district (''Bezirk'') of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Halensee was established as a villa and tenement settlement in about 1880, in the suburb of Wilmersdorf, which became part of Great ...

. After

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and the city's division by the Berlin Wall, the area around

Kurfürstendamm The Kurfürstendamm (; colloquially ''Ku'damm'', ; en, Prince Elector Embankment) is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin. The street takes its name from the former ''Kurfürsten'' (prince-electors) of Brandenburg. The broad, long boulevar ...

and Bahnhof Zoo was the centre of former

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, with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church as its landmark. The Technical University of Berlin (''Technische Universität Berlin''), the Berlin University of the Arts (''Universität der Künste''), the

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(''Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung''), the

Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the D ...

as well as

Charlottenburg Palace Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough. The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during th ...

and the

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are also located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Demographics

, the borough had a population of 326,354, of whom about 110,000 (34%) were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were

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at 4%;

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at 3.5%;

Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

, former

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ns and

Afro-Germans Afro-Germans (german: Afrodeutsche) or Black Germans (german: schwarze Deutsche) are people of Sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or residents of Germany. Cities such as Hamburg and Frankfurt, which were formerly centres of occupation ...

at 2.5% each;

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at 1.5%; and

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and

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ians at 1.0% each.

Subdivision

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is divided into seven localities: Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

The localities of Schmargendorf and Grunewald were part of the former Wilmersdorf borough until 2001. By resolution of 30 September 2004, the localities of Westend and Charlottenburg-Nord were created on the territory of the former Charlottenburg borough, like Halensee on the territory of the former Wilmersdorf borough.

Politics

District council

The governing body of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 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, Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align=left, Kirstin Bauch , 42,720 , 24.7 , 4.9 , 15 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align=left, Heike Schmitt-Schmelz , 38,058 , 22.0 , 3.1 , 14 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align=left, Judith Stückler , 37,883 , 21.9 , 0.3 , 13 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align=left, Stefanie Beckers , 16,987 , 9.8 , 0.5 , 6 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (LINKE) , align=left, Annetta Juckel , 13,038 , 7.5 , 0.3 , 4 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align=left, Michael Seyfert , 8,174 , 4.7 , 5.0 , 3 , 2 , - , colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tierschutzpartei , align=left, , 3,648 , 2.1 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

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Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazi ...

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, align=left, , 136 , 0.1 , New , 0 , New , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 173,082 ! 99.2 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,360 ! 0.8 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 174,442 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 246,148 ! 70.9 ! 7.9 ! ! , - , 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. Kirstin Bauch of the Greens was elected mayor on 16 December 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Twin towns – sister cities

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is twinned with: *

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, Netherlands (1968) *

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, Germany (1980) * Belváros-Lipótváros (Budapest), Hungary (1998) *

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, Germany (1991) *

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, France (1992) *

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, Denmark (1968) * Karmiel, Israel (1985) * Kulmbach (district), Germany (1991) * Lewisham, England, United Kingdom (1968) * Linz, Austria (1995) * Mannheim, Germany (1962) *

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, Germany (1991) * Międzyrzecz, Poland (1993) * Minden, Germany (1968) * Or Yehuda, Israel (1966) * Pechersk (Kyiv), Ukraine (1991) * Rheingau-Taunus (district), Germany (1991) *

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, Croatia (1970) *

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, England, United Kingdom (1968) *

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, Italy (1966) * Waldeck-Frankenberg, Germany (1988)

Economy

The borough's economy largely depends on

retail Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and ...

trade, mainly in the

City West City West (formerly known as ''Neuer Westen'' ("New West") or ''Zooviertel'' ("Zoo Quarter")) is an area in the western part of central Berlin. It is one of Berlin's main commercial areas, and was the commercial centre of former West Berlin when ...

area along Kurfürstendamm, Breitscheidplatz and Tauentzienstraße, with supra-local importance. The Berliner Börse (''Berlin Stock Exchange'') is housed in the ''Ludwig-Erhard-Haus'' designed by Nicholas Grimshaw at Fasanenstraße 85 in Berlin-

near Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin ( German: ''Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin'') (''KPM'') is also situated in Charlottenburg, near Berlin-Tiergarten Station The

Messe Berlin Messe Berlin (') are exhibition grounds in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf precinct of Berlin, Germany, at Masurenallee opposite the Haus des Rundfunks. Since 2011, they have officially been known as "Berlin ExpoCenter City" and operated by the M ...

(Exhibition Grounds/Trade Fair Center) is situated in Berlin-Westend

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had its headquarters in Building 2 of the Airport Bureau Center in

Charlottenburg-Nord Charlottenburg-Nord (, literally "Charlottenburg North") is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the northern part of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough of Berlin, Germany. It is chiefly composed of after-war housing estates, allotment gardens and comm ...

. Air Berlin employed 1,200 employees at its headquarters. Germania has its headquarters in Charlottenburg-Nord.

Education

There are 74 schools in the city. There are 29,446 students attending these schools, 5,261 are foreigners. Of the 12,993 students studies in 38 primary schools while the number of students studying in the ymansiums is 9,617. In addition, there are 3 Hauptschule, 6

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

and 14 Gymnasium in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The district also has two universities, Technical University of Berlin and Berlin University of the Arts. In 2011, the Technical University of Berlin was named the 46th best university in the world in engineering and technology according to the QS World University Rankings.

Higher education

Universität der Künste ''(Berlin University of the Arts)'' *

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''(Technical University of Berlin)'' *

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* ESCP Business School *

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Primary and secondary schools

* ''Comenius-Schule'', a primary school, is in

. * ''Halensee-Grundschule'', a primary school, is in

.Halensee-Grundschule
" City of Berlin. Retrieved on 2 April 2015. "Halensee-Grundschule Joachim-Friedrich-Str. 35-36 10711 Berlin–Wilmersdorf" * ''Jüdische Traditionsschule'', traditionell Jewish primary and secondary school in Westend * ''Heinz-Galinski-Schule Charlottenburg'', Jewish primary school * ''Svenska Skolan Berlin,'' Swedish School Berlin * Nelson-Mandela-School, International School * ''Goethe-Gymnasium'', one of the most popular secondary schools in Berlin * ''Peter-Ustinov-Schule'', located between Messe Nord and Wilmersdorfer Straße. * Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, School of the Evangelical Church

Weekend education

* The ''Japanische Ergänzungsschule in

e.V.'' (ベルリン日本語補習授業校 ''Berurin Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a weekend Japanese supplementary school, is held at ''Halensee-Grundschule''. * ''Zentrale Schule für Japanisch Berlin e.V.'' (共益法人ベルリン中央学園補習授業校 ''Kyōeki Hōjin Berurin Chūō Gakuen Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), another weekend Japanese supplementary school, is held at the ''Comenius-Schule'' - Established April 1997.Deutsch
" ''Zentrale Schule fur Japanisch Berlin e.V.''. Retrieved on 6 April 2015. "Die Zentrale Schule für Japanisch Berlin e.V. wurde im April 1997 als gemeinnütziger Verein durch eine Elterninitiative gegründet, um Kindern und Jugendlichen aus japanischen, deutschen und interkulturellen Familien die Möglichkeit zu geben, ihre japanischen Sprachkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift zu erhalten und weiter zu entwickeln."

References

External links

Official homepage of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Official homepage of Berlin
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