Spandau

Spandau is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs of , situated at the confluence of the and rivers and extending along the western bank of the . It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land area.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Locality with 221,000 residents
  • Description: borough of Berlin, Germany
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Berlin-Spandau station and Spandau Citadel.

Railway station
is a Deutsche Bahn station in the district of Spandau on the south-western edge of the . The railway junction station is one of the 80 stations classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is a fortress in , , one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the and the , it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin.

Shopping center
is a shopping center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reinickendorf and Spandau and Falkensee.

The northwest of Berlin consists of the boroughs of Spandau and Reinickendorf was urbanized in the 19th century. Before that, it largely consisted of small towns.

is a town in the district, , . It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of .

Village
is a village in the district of in , . Since 2003 is part of the municipality of . is situated 4 km southwest of Spandau.

Spandau

Latitude
52.5333° or 52° 32′ north
Longitude
13.1667° or 13° 10′ east
Population
221,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
9F4MG5M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2830841
Wiki­data ID
Q158083
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Spandau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شبانداو
  • Armenian: Շպանդաու
  • Azerbaijani: Şpandau
  • Basque: Spandau
  • Belarusian: Шпандаў
  • Bosnian: Spandau
  • Breton: Spandau
  • Catalan: Districte de Spandau
  • Catalan: Spandau
  • Chinese: Spandau
  • Chinese: 斯潘道
  • Chinese: 施潘道
  • Croatian: Spandau
  • Danish: Berlin-Spandau
  • Danish: Spandau
  • Dutch: Spandau
  • Esperanto: Berlino-Spandau
  • Esperanto: Spandau
  • Estonian: Spandau
  • Finnish: Spandau
  • French: arrondissement de Spandau
  • French: Arrondissement de Spandau
  • French: District de Spandau
  • French: Spandau
  • Georgian: შპანდაუ
  • German: Bezirk Spandau von Berlin
  • German: Bezirk Spandau
  • German: Spandau
  • Greek: Σπάνταου
  • Hebrew: רובע שפנדאו
  • Hebrew: שפנדאו
  • Icelandic: Spandau
  • Indonesian: Spandau
  • Interlingue: District Spandau
  • Italian: distretto di Spandau
  • Italian: Distretto di Spandau
  • Italian: Spandau
  • Japanese: シュパンダウ
  • Japanese: シュパンダウ区
  • Japanese: スパンダウ
  • Korean: 슈판다우
  • Korean: 슈판다우구
  • Kurdish: Spandau
  • Ladin: Spandau
  • Latin: Spandavia
  • Lithuanian: Špandau
  • Macedonian: Шпандау
  • Min Nan Chinese: Spandau
  • Northern Frisian: Spandau
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spandau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spandau
  • Norwegian: Spandau
  • Persian: شپانداو
  • Polish: Spandau
  • Polish: Szpandawa
  • Portuguese: Spandau
  • Romanian: Sector Spandau
  • Romanian: Spandau
  • Russian: Берлин-Шпандау
  • Russian: Шпандау
  • Sardinian: Spandau
  • Serbian: Spandau
  • Serbian: Špandau
  • Serbian: Шпандау
  • Slovenian: Spandau
  • Spanish: Distrito de Spandau
  • Spanish: Spandau
  • Swedish: Spandau
  • Tagalog: Spandau
  • Thai: เขตชปันเดา
  • Turkish: Spandau Semti
  • Turkish: Spandau
  • Turkish: Şpandav Semti
  • Turkish: Şpandav
  • Ukrainian: Шпандау
  • Upper Sorbian: Spandau
  • Upper Sorbian: Spandawa
  • Upper Sorbian: Spandow
  • Urdu: شپانداو

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