Lichtenberg

This article is about the district in Berlin. For the locality within Lichtenberg, see Lichtenberg (locality). For other uses, see Lichtenberg (disambiguation).

Borough of Berlin in Germany

Lichtenberg

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Coordinates: 52°32′N 13°30′E﻿ / ﻿52.533°N 13.500°E﻿ / 52.533; 13.500
Country| Germany
State| Berlin
City| Berlin
Subdivisions| 10 localities
Government

• Borough Mayor| Michael Grunst (Left)
Area

• Total

| 52.30 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Population

(2023-12-31)[1]

• Total

| 311,881
• Density| 6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| B
Website| Official homepage

Lichtenberg (German: [ˈlɪçtn̩ˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.

## Overview

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The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin's two zoological gardens. During the period of Berlin's partition between West and East, Lichtenberg was the location of the headquarters of the Stasi, the East German state security service. Prior to the establishment of the GDR it housed the main office of the Soviet Military Administration in Berlin, and before that it was an officers' mess of the Wehrmacht. The complex is now the location of the Stasi Museum. The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is on the site of the main remand prison of the Stasi. Additionally, Lichtenberg is the location of the German-Russian Museum, the historical venue of the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces (Wehrmacht) on 8 May 1945.

The population is ethnically diverse, and has a significant Vietnamese community.

## Subdivision

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Subdivisions of Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg is divided into 10 localities:

Locality
| Area
(km2)
| Inhabitants
30 June 2008 | Density
(inhabitants/km2)

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|

1101 Friedrichsfelde
| 5.8  | 50,010  | 8,622
1102 Karlshorst
| 6.6  | 21,057  | 3,190
1103 Lichtenberg
| 7.33  | 32,295  | 4,406
1104 Falkenberg
| 3.0  | 1,164  | 388
1106 Malchow
| 3.0  | 450  | 150
1107 Wartenberg
| 5.31  | 2,433  | 458
1109 Neu-Hohenschönhausen
| 5.32  | 53,698  | 10,094
1110 Alt-Hohenschönhausen
| 10.0  | 41,780  | 4,178
1111 Fennpfuhl
| 1.75  | 30,932  | 17,675
1112 Rummelsburg
| 4.16  | 17,567  | 4,223

## History

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The historic village of Lichtenberg together with neighbouring Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Marzahn, Biesdorf, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdorf was incorporated as the 17th borough of Berlin by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act.

In the 1970s, the East German government had large pre-fabricated high-rise housing estates (Plattenbau) built in the east of the Lichtenberg borough. This area was separated off and became the new borough of Marzahn, which included Biesdorf, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdorf in 1979. In 1986, this district in turn was split into the two boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf in 1986, and again merged as Marzahn-Hellersdorf by the 2001 administrative reform.

## Politics

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### District council

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The governing body of Lichtenberg 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:

Party  | Lead candidate  | Votes  | %  | +/-  | Seats  | +/-

|
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|
|
|
|

| The Left (LINKE)  | Michael Grunst  | 36,283  | 24.8  |  5.0  | 15  |  3
| Social Democratic Party (SPD)  | Jutta Feige  | 28,739  | 19.6  |  2.0  | 12  |  1
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)  | Martin Schaefer  | 19,224  | 13.1  |  0.5  | 8  |  1
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)  | Daniela Ehlers  | 19,057  | 13.0  |  4.8  | 8  |  3
| Alternative for Germany (AfD)  | Karsten Woldeit  | 17,528  | 12.0  |  7.2  | 7  |  5
| Free Democratic Party (FDP)  | Rico Apitz  | 8,009  | 5.5  |  2.5  | 3  |  3
| Tierschutzpartei | Katja Michel  | 6,528  | 4.5  | New  | 2  | New
| Die PARTEI |  | 3,744  | 2.6  | New  | 0  | New
| Free Voters |  | 3,214  | 2.2  | New  | 0  | New
| dieBasis |  | 2,179  | 1.5  | New  | 0  | New
| Pirate Party Germany |  | 1,124  | 0.8  |  2.1  | 0  | ±0
| National Democratic Party |  | 433  | 0.3  |  0.7  | 0  | ±0
| Liberal Conservative Reformers |  | 214  | 0.1  | New  | 0  | New
Valid votes  | 146,276  | 98.8  |  |  |
Invalid votes  | 1,767  | 1.2  |  |  |
Total  | 148,043  | 100.0  |  | 55  | ±0
Electorate/voter turnout  | 216,202  | 68.5  |  8.4  |  |
Source: Elections Berlin

### District government

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The district mayor (Bezirksbürgermeister) is elected by the Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, and positions in the district government (Bezirksamt) are apportioned based on party strength. Michael Grunst of the Left was elected mayor on 16 December 2016. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows:

Councillor  | Party  | Portfolio

|
|

Michael Grunst  |  | LINKE | District Mayor
Staff, Finance, Economy and Culture
Kevin Hönicke  |  | SPD | Deputy Mayor
Urban Development, Civil Service and Labour
Martin Schaefer  |  | CDU | Public Order, Environment and Traffic
Filiz Keküllüoğlu  |  | GRÜNE | Education, Sport and Logistics
Camilla Schuler  |  | LINKE | Family, Youth and Health
Vacant |  | AfD | Social Affairs
Source: Berlin.de

## Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Lichtenberg is twinned with:[2]

* Białołęka (Warsaw), Poland (2000)
* Hajnówka County, Poland (2001)
* Hoàn Kiếm (Hanoi), Vietnam (2015)
* Jurbarkas, Lithuania (2003)
* Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (2001)
* KaMubukwana (Maputo), Mozambique (1995)
* Margareten (Vienna), Austria (2015)

## People

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* Ilse Stöbe (1911–1942), German journalist and resistance fighter
* Hans Kempin (1913–1992), German Waffen-SS combat and training officer
* Bommi Baumann (born 1947), German construction worker, co-founder of the German organization Movement 2 June and author
* Gregor Gysi (born 1948), German politician (SED, The Linke)
* Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951), German writer
* Gesine Lötzsch (born 1961), German politician (SED, The Linke)
* Annett Fleischer (born 1979), German actress
* Alexander Fehling (born 1981), German actor
* Christoph Sydow (1985–2020), German journalist
* Daniel Siebert (born 1984), German football referee
* Patrick Hausding (born 1989), German diver

## See also

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* Germany portal

* Berlin-Lichtenberg (electoral district)

## References

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1. ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2023". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2024.
2. ^ "Städtepartnerschaft – Lichtenberg pflegt Partnerschaften". berlin.de (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lichtenberg.

* "Lichtenberg" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
* "Lichtenberg" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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