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Country
  
Germany

City
  
Berlin

Vehicle registration
  
B

Area
  
102.5 km²

State
  
Berlin

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Website
  
Official homepage

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Colleges and Universities
  
Free University of Berlin, BSP Business School B, Protestant University of Applie, MSB Medical School B

Points of interest
  
Berlin‑Dahlem Botanical Garden a, Ethnological Museum of Berlin, Allied Museum, Pfaueninsel, Glienicke Palace

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Steglitz-Zehlendorf is the sixth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf.

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Map of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany

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Demographics

As of 2010, the borough had a population of roughly 294,000, of whom about 70,000 (~24%) were of non-German ethnicity/origin. Hence, the percentage of migrants is a bit lower than Berlin's overall average, which is at roughly 30%.

Subdivision

The Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough consists of seven localities:

  • Steglitz
  • Lichterfelde
  • Lankwitz
  • Zehlendorf
  • Dahlem
  • Nikolassee
  • Wannsee
  • Politics

    At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:

  • CDU 24
  • SPD 15
  • Alliance '90/The Greens 13
  • Pirate Party 3
  • Landmarks

  • The Bierpinsel (literally: "Beer Brush"), a 1970s style restaurant tower in Steglitz
  • The Botanical Garden in Dahlem
  • The Philological Library at the Free University of Berlin in Dahlem, by Norman Foster
  • The Wannsee: lake, villa (site of the notorious Wannsee Conference), and lido
  • The Lichterfelde West Villenkolonie - exclusive residential area of 1860 with tree lined and cobbled streets
  • Education

    The Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin, a Japanese international school, is in the Wannsee community in Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

    Twin towns

    The borough is twinned with:

    Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany, since 1962 Hann. Münden, Germany, since 1962 Bremerhaven, Germany, since 1965 Kiryat Bialik, Israel, since 1966 Nentershausen, Germany, since 1966 Hagen, Germany, since 1967 Brøndby, Denmark, since 1968 Cassino, Italy, since 1969 12th arrondissement, Paris, France since 1970 Sderot, Israel, since 1975 Ronneby, Sweden, since 1976 Königs Wusterhausen, Germany, since 1988 Szilvásvárad, Heves, Hungary, since 1989 Kharkiv-Ordzhonikidzevsky, Ukraine, since 1990 Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, since 1993 Sochos, Greece, since 1993

    References

    Steglitz-Zehlendorf Wikipedia