Marzahn-Hellersdorf () is the tenth

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

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, formed in

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by merging the former boroughs of

Marzahn Marzahn () is a locality within the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform led to the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf fusing into a single new borough. In the north the Marzahn locality inclu ...

and

Hellersdorf Hellersdorf () is a locality in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Between 1986 and Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was a borough in its own right, consisting of the current area of Hellersdorf as well as Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdo ...

Geography

It is situated in the northeast of Berlin. Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders to the Berlin boroughs of

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in the west and

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in the south as well as to the

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municipalities of

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in the north and

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and Neuenhagen in the east.

Demographics

As of 2010, the borough had a total population 248,264, of whom about 30,000 (12%) were of non-German origin. Therefore, it is considered to be the least ethnically diverse borough of Berlin with the highest percentage of (Ethnic) Germans. Although the immigrant minority is relatively small, the borough has a higher concentration of Russia-born,

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-born (e.g.

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) and

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as compared to other parts of the city. Recently, there has been a significant influx of people with Middle Eastern and Muslim background.

Subdivision

The borough consists of five former villages which all became part of

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in 1920: * Biesdorf *

* Kaulsdorf *

Mahlsdorf Mahlsdorf () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Hellersdorf. History The locality was mentioned for the first time in a document of 1345, ...

History

Each of the five districts the borough consists of originally came from one administrative district called " Landkreis Niederbarnim" and were incorporated into the city due to the establishment of

in 1920. Together with the two other boroughs

and

Friedrichsfelde Friedrichsfelde () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. History The locality was first mentioned in a document of 1265 with the name of ''Rosenfelde''. In 1699 it was renamed Friedrichsfelde ...

, they formed the borough Lichtenberg until 1979. At the end of the 1970s especially the district

grew as a result of the building of the developing area Marzahn. Consequently, Marzahn was formed out of the five districts the borough consists of today in 1979. As a result of the building of two more developing areas (

and Kaulsdorf) the number of inhabitants increased so that the borough

was founded out of the three districts

, Kaulsdorf and

on 1 June 1986. The borough remained independent until 2001. In view of whole

, Marzahn-Hellersdorf shows the biggest changes concerning demography. In 1991 the average age of the two boroughs reached a number of 30,5 years which increased to 39,6 years due to the migration of the younger people.

Politics

District council

The governing body of Marzahn-Hellersdorf 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, Nadja Zivkovic , 28,430 , 20.8 , 3.5 , 12 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

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(Grüne) , align=left, Chantal Münster , 9,455 , 6.9 , 2.3 , 4 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align=left, Anja Molnar , 7,258 , 5.3 , 2.8 , 3 , 3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tierschutzpartei , align=left, Ina Seidel-Grothe , 6,858 , 5.0 , New , 3 , New , - , colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

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, align=left, , 3,146 , 2.3 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, dieBasis , align=left, , 2,365 , 1.7 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Humanists , align=left, , 747 , 0.5 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, National Democratic Party , align=left, , 557 , 0.4 , 1.2 , 0 , ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 136,899 ! 98.7 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,742 ! 1.3 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 138,641 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 210,618 ! 65.8 ! 6.8 ! ! , - , 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. Gordon Lemm of the SPD was elected mayor on 4 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Twin towns – sister cities

Marzahn-Hellersdorf is twinned with: * Budapest XV (Budapest), Hungary (1991) * Halton, England, United Kingdom (1994) * Hoàng Mai (Hanoi), Vietnam (2013) * Kastrychnitski (Minsk), Belarus (1993) *

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, Germany (1999) *

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References

External links

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