Reinickendorf

Template:For Template:Infobox German location Reinickendorf ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.

SubdivisionsEdit

Template:Stack Reinickendorf is split in eleven localities, population in brackets:

Reinickendorf (83,467)Template:Spaces
Tegel (36,697)
Konradshöhe (5,960)
Heiligensee (18,053)
Frohnau (16,540)
Hermsdorf (16,644)
Waidmannslust (11,027)
Lübars (5,137)
Wittenau (25,051)
Märkisches Viertel (40,447)
Borsigwalde (6,749)

PoliticsEdit

District councilEdit

The governing body of Reinickendorf is the district council (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung). It has responsibility for passing laws and electing the city government, including the mayor. The most recent district council election was held on 26 September 2021, and the results were as follows:

Template:Election table ! colspan=2| Party ! Lead candidate ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=left| Michael Wegner | 37,514 | 29.0 | Template:Decrease 6.6 | 18 | Template:Decrease 3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=left| Uwe Brockhausen | 30,823 | 23.8 | Template:Increase 2.4 | 15 | Template:Increase 2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=left| Güneș Keskin | 18,525 | 14.3 | Template:Increase 3.9 | 9 | Template:Increase 3 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | align=left| Sebastian Maack | 12,291 | 9.5 | Template:Decrease 4.9 | 6 | Template:Decrease 2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=left| David Jahn | 9,473 | 7.3 | Template:Increase 0.7 | 4 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| The Left (LINKE) | align=left| Felix Lederle | 6,695 | 5.2 | Template:Decrease 0.2 | 3 | ±0 |- | colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Tierschutzpartei | align=left| | 3,639 | 2.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Free Voters | align=left| | 2,785 | 2.2 | New | 0 | New |- | | align=left| The Greys | align=left| | 2,452 | 1.9 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| dieBasis | align=left| | 1,829 | 1.4 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Die PARTEI | align=left| | 1,825 | 1.4 | Template:Increase 0.1 | 0 | ±0 |- | | align=left| Tierschutz hier | align=left| | 1,080 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party | align=left| | 229 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left| National Democratic Party | align=left| | 146 | 0.1 | Template:Decrease 0.3 | 0 | ±0 |- | | align=left| BÄRLÄ | align=left| | 134 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 129,440 ! 98.8 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 1,525 ! 1.2 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 130,965 ! 100.0 ! ! 55 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 194,688 ! 67.3 ! Template:Increase 4.4 ! ! |- | colspan=8| Source: Elections Berlin |}

District governmentEdit

The district mayor (Bezirksbürgermeister) is elected by the Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, and positions in the district government (Bezirksamt) are apportioned based on party strength. Uwe Brockhausen of the SPD was elected mayor on 24 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Councillor	Party		Portfolio
Uwe Brockhausen	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	SPD	District Mayor Finance, Staff and Culture
Emine Demirbüken-Wegner	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CDU	Deputy Mayor Social Affairs and Civil Service
Korinna Stephan	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	GRÜNE	Urban Development, Environment and Traffic
Harald Muschner	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CDU	Education, Sport and Logistics
Alexander Ewers	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	SPD	Youth, Family and Health
Julia Schrod-Thiel	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|	CDU	Public Order
Source: Berlin.de