Neukölln

Airms	Map
Aurie	44.93 km²
Inhabitants	310,283 (2010-03-31)
Population density	6,904 inhabitants per km²
Website	(in German) offeecial hamepage
Politics
Mayor o Burgh	Heinz Buschkowsky (SPD)
Pairlament o Burgh (BVV)	SPD 21, CDU 17, Alliance '90/The Greens 6, FDP 3, The Left Pairty.PDS 3, The Greys 3, NPD 2 (last election 2006)
Map o the localities

Neukölln is the aicht burgh o Berlin, locatit in the sootheastren pairt o the ceety an wis pairt o the umwhile American sector unner the Fower-Pouer occupation o the ceety. It features mony Gründerzeit biggins an is characterized bi haein ane o the heichest percentage o immigrants in Berlin an displayin a chiefly multinaitional aura.

History

Frae 1966 tae 1975 the Gropiusstadt was built, a "Trabantenstadt" or ceety-athin-a-ceety hoosin estate, designed bi airchitect Walter Gropius.

Neukölln is selectit as pilot ceety o the Cooncil o Europe an the European Commission Intercultural ceeties programme.

Subdiveesion

Neukölln is dividit intae 5 localities:

Locality	Aurie (km²)	Inhabitants	Density (Inhabitants/km²)
0801 Neukölln	11.7	150,756	12,885
0802 Britz	12.4	38,334	3,091
0803 Buckow	6.35	38,018	5,987
0804 Rudow	11.8	41,040	3,478
0805 Gropiusstadt	2.66	35,844	13,475

Personalities

• Horst Buchholz, actor, born 4 Dizember 1933, dee'd 3 Mairch 2003 in Berlin
• Alexander Hacke, muisicker, born 11 October 1965 in Neukölln
• Jutta Limbach, legal academic, born 27 Mairch 1934 in Neukölln
• Inge Meysel, actress, born 5 Mey 1910 in Neukölln, dee'd 10 Julie 2004 in Bullenhausen, Seevetal
• Mady Rahl, actress, born 3 Mairch 1915 in Neukölln
• Lotte Ulbricht, wife o East German leader Walter Ulbricht, born 19 Apryle 1903 in Neukölln, dee'd 27 Mairch 2002 in Berlin.
• Momus (airtist), born 11 Februar 1960 in Paisley, Scotland, lives in Neukölln.

References in popular cultur

• "Neuköln" (deliberately spelt wi ane 'l') is an instrumental piece bi David Bowie, the nint track on his 1977 album "Heroes".
• The last track o Miss Kittin's first solo album I Com is cawed "Neukölln 2".
• The German film Knallhart ist set in the northren pairt o Neukölln.
• The German documentary Neukölln Unlimited tells the story o three Lebanese teenagers based in Neukölln, who fecht against the deportation oot o Germany.

Twin ceeties

• Bat Yam, Israel
• Cologne, Germany
• Leonberg, Germany
• Marino, Italy
• Wetzlar, Germany
• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, UK

See an aa

• Intercultural ceeties

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Neukölln at Wikimedia Commons

• (in German) Offeecial Hamepage
• (in German) WebTV frae Berlin, Neukoelln Archived 2018-11-27 at the Wayback Machine

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