Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
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Area
Area
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:
20.16 km²
Inhabitants
Population
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268,225 (2010-03-31)
Population density
Population density
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:
13,304 inhabitants per km²
Website: official homepage
Politics
Mayor
Mayor
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 of Borough:
Franz Schulz (Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

)
Parliament of Borough (BVV): Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

 22, SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

 13, The Left
The Left (Germany)
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 7, Pirates 5, CDU
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
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 4 (last election 2011)
Map of the localities


Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is the second borough of Berlin
Berlin
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, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin
East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 borough of Friedrichshain
Friedrichshain
Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...

 and the former West Berlin
West Berlin
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 borough of Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg, a part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte since 2001, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin...

. The historic Oberbaum Bridge, formerly a Berlin border crossing
Berlin border crossings
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 for pedestrians, links both districts across the river Spree
Spree
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 as the new borough's landmark
Landmark
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 (as featured in the coat of arms).

Overview

The counterculture
Counterculture
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 tradition especially of Kreuzberg led to a plurality of votes for the Green Party, which is unique among all Berlin boroughs. The local MP
Member of Parliament
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 Hans-Christian Ströbele
Hans-Christian Ströbele
Hans-Christian Ströbele is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. Has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin...

 is the only Green politician
Politician
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 directly elected to the federal Bundestag
Bundestag
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. While Kreuberg is characterised by a high number of immigrants, the share of non-German citizens in Friedrichshain is much lower and the average age is higher. The merger between the distinct quarters is celebrated by an annual anarchic "vegetable fight" on the Oberbaumbrücke. Both parts have to deal with the consequences of gentrification
Gentrification
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.

Subdivision

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is divided into 2 localities:
  • Friedrichshain
    Friedrichshain
    Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...

  • Kreuzberg
    Kreuzberg
    Kreuzberg, a part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte since 2001, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin...


Twin towns

Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

, Germany since 1964 Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica
Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name “Porta Westfalica” is Latin and means “gate to Westphalia”. Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia...

 since 1968 Bergstraße district, since 1969 Ingelheim am Rhein
Ingelheim am Rhein
Ingelheim am Rhein is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on the Rhine’s west bank. The town calls itself the Rotweinstadt and since 1996 it has been Mainz-Bingen’s district seat....

 since 1971 Limburg-Weilburg
Limburg-Weilburg
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 district, since 1980 San Rafael del Sur
San Rafael del Sur
San Rafael del Sur is a municipality in the Managua department of Nicaragua.-Twin towns: Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Germany...

, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
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 since 1986 Kiryat Yam, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 since 1990 Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

, Poland
Poland
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 since 1996 Kadıköy
Kadiköy
Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...

, Istanbul
Istanbul
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, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 since 1996 Oborishte
Oborishte, Sofia
Oborishte is an urban district located in the centre of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. the population is 36,000.It has an area of 3,07 hectares, of which streets and squares encompass 59 ha, parks and gardens 47 ha, schools and kindergartens 9 ha, hospitals and polyclinics 5 ha, embassies 1.5 ha,...

, Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

since 1999

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