Marzahn-Hellersdorf

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Area:	61.74 km²
Inhabitants:	257.324 (Statistisches Landesamt Berlin, 2002)
Population density:	4.168 inhabitants per km²
Website:	official homepage in German
Politics
Mayor of Borough:	Dagmar Pohle (PDS, now Die Linke)
Parliament of Borough BVV:	Linke.PDS 22, SPD 15, CDU 7, NPD 3, Grüne 3, FDP 3, WASG 2 (last election 2006)

Marzahn-Hellersdorf is one of the 12 new boroughs of Berlin. It was created in 2001 when the old boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf were merged (joined together).

Marzahn-Hellersdorf is in northeast Berlin. It has borders with Lichtenberg in the west, Treptow-Köpenick in the south and the state of Brandenburg in the east and north.

The borough contains of five former villages: Biesdorf, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf, Mahlsdorf and Marzahn, which became part of Berlin in 1920.

Marzahn-Hellersdorf has several twin towns:

•  Poland Tychy
•  United Kingdom Halton
•  Germany Lauingen
•  Belarus Minsk
•  Hungary Budapest IVth borough and XVth borough

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marzahn-Hellersdorf.

• Official Homepage (in German)
• Marzahn-Hellersdorf Website (in German)
• Photo essay Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

52°32′23″N 13°35′03″E / 52.53972°N 13.58417°E / 52.53972; 13.58417