Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Tempelhof-Schöneberg is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in the north, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the west as well as Neukölln in the east.
Demographics
As of 2010, the borough had a population of 335,060, of whom about 105,000 were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were Turks constituting 7% of the population; Poles at 4%; Yugoslavians at 3%; Arabs at 2.5%;Afro-Germans at 1.5% and Russians at 1.3%.
Percentage of the population with migration background | |
Germans without migration background/Ethnic Germans | 69% |
Germans with migration background/Foreigners | 31% |
- Middle Eastern/Muslim migration background | 10.5% |
- Polish migration background | 4% |
- former Soviet background | 3.0% |
- Yugoslavian migration background | 2.7% |
- Afro-German/African background | 1.5% |
- Others | 9.3% |
Subdivision
Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south:- Schöneberg
- Friedenau
- Tempelhof
- Mariendorf
- Marienfelde
- Lichtenrade
Politics
- SPD 15
- Alliance '90/The Greens 13
- CDU 12
- Alternative for Germany 6
- The Left 5
- Free Democratic Party 4
Twin towns
- Ahlen, Germany since 1964
- Amstelveen, Netherlands since 1957
- Bad Kreuznach, Germany since 1964
- Charenton-le-Pont, France
- London Borough of Barnet, England
- Koszalin, Poland since 1995
- Levallois-Perret, France
- Mezitli, Turkey
- Nahariya, Israel since 1970
- Paderborn since 1962
- Penzberg, Germany since 1964
- Teltow-Fläming, Germany since 1991
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Germany since 1957
- Wuppertal, Germany since 1964
Sites of interest