Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf


Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.

Overview

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the western city centre of Berlin and the adjacent affluent suburbs. It borders on the Mitte borough in the east, on Tempelhof-Schöneberg in the southeast, Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the south, Spandau in the west and on Reinickendorf in the north. The district includes the inner city localities of Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf and Halensee.
After World War II and the city's division by the Berlin Wall, the area around Kurfürstendamm and Bahnhof Zoo was the centre of former West Berlin, with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church as its landmark. The Technical University of Berlin, the Berlin University of the Arts, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, the Deutsche Oper Berlin as well as Charlottenburg Palace and the Olympic Stadium are also located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Demographics

, the borough had a population of 326,354, of whom about 110,000 were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were Turks at 4%; Poles at 3.5%; Arabs, former Yugoslavians and Afro-Germans at 2.5% each; Russians at 1.5%; and Ukrainians and Iranians at 1.0% each.
Percentage of the population with migration background
Germans without migration background/Ethnic Germans66%
Germans with migration background/Foreigners34 %
- Middle Eastern/Muslim migration background 8%
- former Soviet background 4.4%
- Polish migration background3.5%
- Yugoslavian migration background2.5%
- Afro-German/African background2.5%
- Others 13.1%

Subdivision

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is divided into seven localities:
Locality
Area

Inhabitants
31 December 2012		Density

0401 Charlottenburg
10.6121,92611,502
0402 Wilmersdorf
7.1695,16413,291
0403 Schmargendorf
3.5920,4765,704
0404 Grunewald
22.311,703525
0405 Westend
13.538,9442,885
0406 Charlottenburg-Nord
6.273,05711,783
0407 Halensee
1.2712,75910,046

The localities of Schmargendorf and Grunewald were part of the former Wilmersdorf borough until 2001. By resolution of 30 September 2004, the localities of Westend and Charlottenburg-Nord were created on the territory of the former Charlottenburg borough, like Halensee on the territory of the former Wilmersdorf borough.

Politics

Current allocation of seats in the borough's parliamentary body as of the 2016 Berlin state election:
The borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin is twinned with:
;Twin towns of the former Charlottenburg borough:

  • Marburg-Biedenkopf, Germany since 1991
  • Or Yehuda, Israel since 1966
  • Trento, Italy since 1966
  • Waldeck-Frankenberg since 1988
    • ;Twin towns of the former Wilmersdorf borough:

  • Pecherskyi Raion, Kiev, Ukraine since 1991
  • Międzyrzecz, Poland since 1993
  • Minden, Germany since 1968
  • Rheingau-Taunus district, Germany since 1991
  • Split, Croatia since 1970
  • London Borough of Sutton since 1968

    • Economy

    The borough's economy largely depends on retail trade, mainly in the City West area along Kurfürstendamm, Breitscheidplatz and Tauentzienstraße, with supra-local importance.
    The Berliner Börse is housed in the Ludwig-Erhard-Haus designed by Nicholas Grimshaw at Fasanenstraße 85 in Berlin-Charlottenburg near Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten
    The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin is also situated in Charlottenburg, near Berlin-Tiergarten Station
    The Messe Berlin is situated in Berlin-Westend
    Air Berlin had its headquarters in Building 2 of the Airport Bureau Center in Charlottenburg-Nord. Air Berlin employed 1,200 employees at its headquarters. Germania has its headquarters in Charlottenburg-Nord.

    Education

    There are 74 schools in the city. There are 29,446 students attending these schools, 5,261 are foreigners. Of the 12,993 students studies in 38 primary schools while the number of students studying in the ymansiums is 9,617. In addition, there are 3 Hauptschule, 6 Realschule and 14 Gymnasium in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
    The district also has two universities, Technical University of Berlin and Berlin University of the Arts. In 2011, the Technical University of Berlin was named the 46th best university in the world in engineering and technology according to the QS World University Rankings.

    Higher education