Marzahn-Hellersdorf
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| Borough of Berlin | ||
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Location of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin
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| Coordinates: 52°32′N 13°35′E / 52.533°N 13.583°ECoordinates: 52°32′N 13°35′E / 52.533°N 13.583°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Berlin | |
| City | Berlin | |
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| • Mayor | Stefan Komoß (SPD) | |
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| • Total | 61.74 km2 (23.84 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012-11-30) | ||
| • Total | 255,643 | |
| • Density | 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Vehicle registration | B | |
| Website | Official homepage | |
Marzahn-Hellersdorf is the tenth borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf.
It is situated in the northeast of Berlin. Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders to the Berlin boroughs of Lichtenberg in the west and Treptow-Köpenick in the south as well as to the Brandenburg municipalities of Ahrensfelde in the north and Hoppegarten and Neuenhagen in the east.
As of 2010, the borough had a total population 248,264, of whom about 30,000 (12%) were of non-German origin. Therefore, it is considered to be the least ethnically diverse borough of Berlin with the highest percentage of (Ethnic) Germans. Although the immigrant minority is relatively small, the borough has a higher concentration of Russian, Kazakh and Vietnamese people as compared to other parts of the city. Recently, there has been a significant influx of people with Middle Eastern and Muslim background.
The borough consists of five former villages which all became part of Greater Berlin in 1920:
Each of the five districts the borough consists of originally came from one administrative district called "Landkreis Niederbarnim" and were incorporated into the city due to the establishment of Greater Berlin in 1920. Together with the two other boroughs Lichtenberg and Friedrichsfelde, they formed the borough Lichtenberg until 1979. At the end of the 1970s especially the district Marzahn grew as a result of the building of the developing area Marzahn. Consequently, Marzahn was formed out of the five districts the borough consists of today in 1979.
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