Neighbourhood

As a city district, and city square, urban district or residential area, sometimes quarter ( to Latin quartus, four ' ) refers to a part of a city.

Description

The name was derived from that schedule -scale Roman, but also medieval towns were often shared by the two in the center intersecting main roads into four equal parts.

A neighborhood is a straightforward, often consisting of only a few streets, social frame of reference that delineates both spatially / geographically and by social or ethnic structure of its inhabitants forth from other neighborhoods. A formal delineation usually does not exist here. The area is defined by its residents and is independent of the area of a district or borough.

Such district have different regional names:

• Barrio - in Spain
• Grätzl - in Vienna
• Neighborhood - in Berlin and northeastern Germany
• Kvarter (older spelling of Quarter ) - in Sweden, called an intra- urban building block, surrounded by four streets. A " kvarter " always has a name and then the official, the official name of the property within the district
• Malgrei - in today belonging to Bolzano Dodiciville
• Mohalla - in India
• Quarters - in Switzerland and in France, see also Quartier ( Paris), but also in Germany, for example, in Augsburg (worsted district, provisions Bach neighborhood and city Bach neighborhood )
• Veedel - in Cologne.

Special district

Many district have a special character, which is reflected in popular names, including

• Station District
• Financial District
• Slums
• Waterfront
• Artist quarter
• Trendy district
• Lesbian and gay district
• Red-light district

History loaded, but not forced in any case, there are district for religious, ethnic and cultural groups:

• Ghetto, especially Jewish ghetto
• Chinatown

The entertainment district and the Old Town district of many cities have proper names.