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Spandau

 
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A district of Berlin, Germany. Chartered in 1232, it is the site of a fortress used to imprison Nazi war criminals after the Nuremburg trials of 1945 to 1946.

 

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Spandau (shpän'dou), district of Berlin, Germany, at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers. It is a canal port and a major industrial district of Berlin. Manufactures include steel and electrotechnical equipment. Spandau was chartered as a town in 1232, and during 1560 to 1594 the electors of Brandenburg built a major fortress there on the Havel River. The fortress was occupied in the Thirty Years War by the Swedes (1631-34) and in the French Revolutionary Wars by the French (1806-13). It later became a dreaded political prison; several major Nazi war criminals (including Rudolph Hess, who committed suicide there in 1987) were imprisoned there after the Nuremberg trials (1945-46). Spandau was incorporated into Berlin in 1920.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a German machine gun

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For other uses, see Spandau (disambiguation).
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Sign of Spandau The location of Spandau in Berlin.
Area: 91.91 km²
Inhabitants: 223,768 (2007)
Population density: 2,435 inhabitants per km²
Website: Official homepage (German)
Politics
Mayor of Borough: Konrad Birkholz (CDU)
Parliament of Borough (BVV): CDU 24, SPD 20, Alliance '90/The Greens 4, FDP 3, The Greys 3, The Left Party.PDS 1 (last election 2006)
Sitzverteilung BVV Spandau 2006.png
Localities of Spandau

Spandau is one of the twelve boroughs (Bezirk) of Berlin. It is the fifth and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel. In the west it borders with the districts of Oberhavel, Havelland and the city of Potsdam in the federal state of Brandenburg. Modern industries include metal working, chemicals and carpet manufacturing. The popular British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet took its name from the Spandau borough in the British sector of former West Berlin.

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Spandau is divided into 10 localities:

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Coordinates: 52°33′N 13°12′E / 52.55°N 13.2°E / 52.55; 13.2

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