Neukölln

Richardplatz

Neukölln's independence ended in 1920 when it was incorporated into Berlin. In September 1929, Goebbels led his men into Neukölln, a KPD stronghold, and the two warring parties exchanged pistol and revolver fire. From 1966 to 1975 the Gropiusstadt was built, a "Trabantenstadt" or city-within-a-city housing estate, designed by architect Walter Gropius.

Hufeisensiedlung, 2017

Britzer Garten in Neukölln's South

Neukölln is subdivided into five localities:

Berlin-Neukölln station

County-Court Building of Neukölln, near the Rathaus Neukölln U-Bahn station

Hermannplatz

Neukölln is served by three operational sections of urban rail.

U-Bahn:

• U7: Rathaus Spandau ↔ Rudow (running North West ↔ South East)
• U8: Wittenau ↔ Hermannstraße (running North ↔ South)

Part of each of the following S-Bahn routes share an East ↔ West running section of Ringbahn track through Neukölln:

• S41[3]/S42:[4] Südkreuz → Gesundbrunnen → Südkreuz (clockwise ↔ anti clockwise circular)
• S45:[5] Südkreuz ↔ Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen (only from Monday till Friday). An extension of the S45 is projected to run beyond the current terminus at Schönefeld Airport to the under construction Berlin Brandenburg Airport.[6]
• S46:[7] Westend ↔ Königs Wusterhausen
• S47:[8] Spindlersfeld ↔ Hermannstraße

Among the numerous rail stations in Neukölln three act as interchanges:

• Hermannplatz - U7 / U8
• Hermannstraße - U8 / S-Bahn
• Berlin-Neukölln - U7 / S-bahn

As of 2010, the borough had a population of 310,283, of whom 121,000 (38.9%) were of non-German ethnicity. The percentage is significantly higher in the locality of the same name, Neukölln.[9] The borough is known for its large Turkish, Arab and Kurdish communities, which together make up roughly 18% of the borough's population. Recently, there has been an influx of Romani people and Sub-Saharan Africans.[10]

Sitzverteilung in der BVV

At the 2016 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:

• SPD 19
• CDU 10
• Alliance '90/The Greens 9
• Alternative for Germany 8
• The Left 7
• Free Democratic Party 2

Leo Arons around 1901

Memorial plate Ursula Goetze (1987)

Alexander Hacke performing on 5 May 2007

• Edgar Froese (1944–2015), musician, founder of the electronic music group Tangerine Dream
• Leo Arons (1860–1919), physicist, social democrat and supporter of the trade union movement
• Sebastian Blomberg (born 1972), actor
• Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
• Heinz Buschkowsky (born 1948), politician (SPD), former district mayor of Neukölln
• Christiane F. (born 1962), author of the book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
• Ursula Goetze, anti-Nazi activist (1916–1943)
• Alexander Hacke, musician, born 1965 in Neukölln
• Kirsten Heisig (1961–2010), juvenile magistrate in Neukölln, created the Neuköllner Modell, applying rapid intervention procedures to deal with juvenile offenders before they embarked on a criminal lifestyle
• Kurt Krömer (born 1974), presenter, actor and entertainer
• Jutta Limbach (1934–2016), legal academic
• Will Meisel (1897–1967), composer and publisher
• Inge Meysel (1910–2004), actress
• Gunnar Möller (born 1928), actor
• Mady Rahl (1915–2009), actress
• Antonio Rüdiger (born 1993), footballer[13]
• Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), wrestler, politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
• Katharina Szelinski-Singer (1918–2010), sculptor
• Elsa Thiemann (1910–1981), Bauhaus educated photographer, who took many photographs of Neukölln where she lived
• Lotte Ulbricht (1903–2002), wife of East German leader Walter Ulbricht
• Emil Wutzky (1871–1963), trade unionist and local politician (SPD)
• Engelbert Zaschka (1895–1955), inventor and helicopter pioneer

• "Neuköln" (deliberately spelt with one 'l') is an instrumental piece by David Bowie, the ninth track on his 1977 album "Heroes".
• The last track of Miss Kittin's first solo album I Com is called "Neukölln 2".
• The German film Knallhart is set in the northern part of Neukölln.
• The German documentary Neukölln Unlimited tells the story of three Lebanese teenagers based in Neukölln, who fight their deportation out of Germany.
• Electronic music producer Kobosil is a native of the city. With a Bachelor of Arts in audio production, he has released music on the Ostgut Ton and MDT labels.[14]
• The series 4 Blocks is set in Neukölln and Kreuzberg.
• The sixth leg of The Amazing Race 32 had its Pit Stop in Neukölln.[15]

Neukölln is twinned with:[16]

• 
  Country Court
• 
  City hall
• 
  Buddy Bear Neukölln in front of the City hall
• 
  Landwehrkanal
• 
  Border crossing at Sonnenallee, 1964
• 
  Stadtbad Neukölln
• 
  Europe's largest hotel: The Estrel near Sonnenallee train station, 2012

• Berlin Neukölln (electoral district)

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• (in German) Official homepage
• (in German) WebTV from Berlin, Neukoelln