Spandau (locality)

Geschichte

Spandau is a locality of Berlin in the homonymous borough of Spandau. The historic city is situated, for the most part, on the western banks of the Havel river. As of 2008 the estimated population of Spandau was 33,433.GeographyPositionThe locality is situated in the middle of its borough. It borders Wilhelmstadt in the south, Staaken and Falkenhagener Feld in the west, Hakenfelde in the north as well as Haselhorst, Siemensstadt and Westend (in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district) in the east.SubdivisionSpandau proper is subdivided into four historic neighbourhoods (Ortslagen): Altstadt Spandau (Old Town)Neustadt Spandau (New Town, the northern expansion)Stresow (east of the Havel)Kolk-Spandau