Treptow-Köpenick

15 districts

Treptow- Köpenick is the ninth borough of Berlin and has around 245,000 inhabitants. Treptow- Köpenick is created on 1 January 2001 by the merger of the former districts Treptow Köpenick and. With 18.9 percent of the urban area of Treptow-Köpenick district of Berlin is the großflächigste.

Geography

Location

The district is located in the southeast of Berlin. About 70 percent of the area consist of water as the Müggelsee, forest, parks, nature reserves and landscape protection areas. The district of Treptow- Köpenick has 12.9 percent of the largest body of water and 41.5 percent of the largest forest area of ​​all districts in Berlin. 36.4 per cent of total surface water and 42.9 percent of the total forest area of ​​Berlin allocated to this district.

Districts

  • Späthsfelde
  • Oberspree
  • Falkenberg
  • Turning Heath
  • Falk Horst
  • Falkenberg
  • Old town
  • Dammfeld
  • Dammvorstadt
  • Elsengrund
  • Combing Heath
  • Kietzmann
  • Kietzer field
  • Köllnische suburb
  • Piepertswinkel
  • Salvador Allende quarter
  • Spindler field
  • Uhlenhorst
  • Wendenschloß
  • Wolf Garten
  • Hirschengarten
  • Hessenwinkel
  • Wilhelmshagen
  • Ludwigshoehe
  • Settlement Schönhorst
  • Karolinenhof
  • Rauchfangswerder
  • Schmöckwitzwerder

Population

31 October 2013, the district of Treptow- Köpenick counted 243 518 inhabitants in an area of 168.4 square kilometers. Thus, the population density was 1,446 at the date inhabitants per square kilometer and was the lowest value of all the districts of Berlin. On 31 December 2012, the proportion of foreigners was 4.0 percent, while the share of the population with a migration background was 8.4 percent. The unemployment rate amounted on 30 April 2013, 10.1 percent. On 31 December 2012, the average age of the population was 45.5 years.

Infrastructure

Through the district of Treptow- Köpenick leads to the Adlergestell Berlin's longest road ( 11.9 km ). In the district of Alt-Treptow is in Treptowers - building complex, the tallest office building in Berlin with 31 floors.

Coat of arms

The current coat of arms was granted on 21 September 2004 by the Senate of Berlin and emerged from the previous coat of arms of the districts Treptow and Köpenick and led the various stylistic elements together.

" In blue a green Taukreuz with getatzten ends, provided with a golden staff aboard, accompanied by two inwardly turned upright silver fish. The Taukreuz topped with a golden key with linksgewendetem beard and 7 four-rayed stars ( 4:2:1 ). The escutcheon is placed a red three-towered mural crown, whose central tower is occupied by the Berlin coat of arms. "

The coat of arms of the district of Treptow- Köpenick was created from the elements of pre-existing coat of arms of the districts Treptow and Köpenick. The coat of arms of Köpenick practiced here from a bigger impact, because it is significantly older than the crest of Treptow. The coat of arms of the city of Köpenick is occupied in the 14th century and was already at that time the key, which is probably a key city, two silver fish on a blue plate as a reference to the waters of Dahme and Spree, as well as some stars. In the district of Treptow refers a T-shaped plate division with green tincture, which takes up the predominant color of the Treptow coat of arms and the representation of trees and indicates the forest wealth. At the foundation of the district as part of the district reform in 2001 both old coat of arms of married districts were jointly sovereign first - as part of the coat of arms finding the design of the heraldic Frank Diemar three years later adopted as a uniform coat of arms. The mural crown is the unifying element of all districts in Berlin.

Policy

In the Borough Assembly of Treptow- Köpenick sitting since the last election on 18 September 2011 six parties. Strongest force the SPD was ( 29.7 percent), followed by the left ( 23.8 percent). The CDU ( 15.3 percent ), the Greens ( 10.9 per cent ) and the Pirates ( 9.2 percent ) made it to Group strength. The NPD ( 4.5 percent) drew a two district councilors.

The 55 seats of the BVV distributed as follows: SPD 17, Left 15, Christian Democratic Union 9, Green 6, Pirates 4 and NPD 2 the pirates stood after the election results five mandates, due to less been imputed candidates but one seat remains vacant.

District council, the SPD politician Siegfried floor.

District Mayor is the SPD politician Oliver hedgehog. In addition to the district mayor, the SPD in the county another Councillor, The Left offers two city councilors and the CDU a city council.

Twinning

The district maintains relationships with cities and municipalities in Germany, Europe and the Americas. Some of the partnerships already cultivated the previous single districts Treptow Köpenick and and continue the merged district of Treptow- Köpenick. Apart from the official twin towns and municipalities of the district is cooperating in the very concrete projects with other European cities.

Germany Cologne, Germany, since 1990

United States East Norriton Township, United States, since 1991

Poland Mokotów (district in Warsaw), Poland, since 1993

Germany Home Or am Glan, Germany, since 1997

Italy Albinea, Italy, since 1997/1998

Peru Cajamarca, Peru, since 1998

Austria Mürzzuschlag, Austria, since 2002

Czech Republic Olomouc, Czech Republic, since 2002

Serbia Subotica, Serbia, since 2002

Slovenia Izola, Slovenia, since 2002

Hungary Veszprém, Hungary, since 2002

Pirate Party Berlin National Democratic Party of Germany Controlled-access highway Johannisthal (Berlin) Bohnsdorf Friedrichshagen Rahnsdorf Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Dahme (river) Heraldry East Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Odernheim am Glan Berliner Morgenpost Pankow Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Spandau Steglitz-Zehlendorf Reinickendorf Integrated Authority File
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