Tempelhof-Schöneberg () is the seventh

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Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of

Tempelhof Tempelhof () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It is the location of the former Tempelhof Airport, one of the earliest commercial airports in the world. The former airport and surroundings are now a park called ...

and

Schöneberg Schöneberg () is a locality of Berlin, Germany. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. Together with the former borough of Tempelhof it is now part of the new borough of Tempe ...

. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg () is the second borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg. The historic Oberbaum Bridge, formerly a Berlin border c ...

in the north,

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and Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the west as well as Neukölln in the east.

Subdivision

Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south: *

* Friedenau *

Mariendorf Mariendorf () is a locality in the southern Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough of Berlin. Geography Mariendorf is situated between the localities of Tempelhof in the north and Marienfelde and Lichtenrade in the south. To the west it shares a border w ...

Marienfelde Marienfelde () is a locality in southwest Berlin, Germany, part of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough. The former village, incorporated according to the Greater Berlin Act of 1920, today is a mixed industrial and residential area. Geography The ...

Lichtenrade Lichtenrade () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Tempelhof. History The locality was first mentioned in 1375, named ''Lichtenrode' ...

Demographics

As of 2010, the borough had a population of 335,060, of whom about 105,000 (31%) were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...

constituting 7% of the population;

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at 4%;

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ns at 3%;

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at 2.5%;

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 1.5% and

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at 1.3%.

Politics

District council

The governing body of Tempelhof-Schöneberg 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, Saskia Ellenbeck , 42,758 , 23.6 , 1.7 , 15 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align=left, Angelika Schöttler , 42,488 , 23.5 , 1.2 , 15 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align=left, Matthias Steuckardt , 37,598 , 20.8 , 0.3 , 13 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (LINKE) , align=left, Elisabeth Wissel , 15,999 , 8.8 , 0.8 , 5 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align=left, Reinhard Frede , 12,747 , 7.0 , 0.3 , 4 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align=left, Karsten Franck , 10,425 , 5.8 , 5.3 , 3 , 3 , - , colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tierschutzpartei , align=left, , 5,110 , 2.8 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Volt Germany Volt Germany (, mostly known by the abbreviated name Volt) is a social-liberal pro-European, eurofederalist political party in Germany. It is the German branch of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level. Italian And ...

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, align=left, , 1,072 , 0.6 , 1.4 , 0 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Ecological Democratic Party , align=left, , 438 , 0.2 , New , 0 , New , - , , align=left, Liberal Democrats , align=left, , 104 , 0.1 , New , 0 , New , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 180,985 ! 99.0 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,838 ! 1.0 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 182,823 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 256,738 ! 71.2 ! 7.1 ! ! , - , 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. Jörn Oltmann of the Greens was elected mayor on 17 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Twin towns – sister cities

Tempelhof-Schöneberg is twinned with: *

Ahlen Ahlen (; Westphalian: ''Aulen'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 30 km southeast of Münster. Ahlen is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger ...

, Germany (1964) *

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, Netherlands (1957) * Bad Kreuznach (district), Germany (1964) * Barnet (London), England, United Kingdom (1955) *

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, France (1984) *

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, Poland (1995) *

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, France (1986) * Mezitli, Turkey (2012) * Nahariya, Israel (1970) *

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, Germany (1962) *

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, Germany (1964) * Teltow-Fläming (district), Germany (1991) * Werra-Meißner (district), Germany (1957) * Wuppertal, Germany (1964)

Sites of interest

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has its offices in Tempelhof-Schöneberg.Kontakt
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. Retrieved on 8 May 2010.

References

External links

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