Metallwarenfabrik Spreewerk GmbH was a German weapons manufacturing company. Spreewerk produced a number of important weapons and components before and during World War II including 280,880 of the Walther P.38 pistol which was the standard service pistol of the German Heer , and the famous 8.8 cm Flak anti-aircraft gun .
20-640: The Berlin-Karlsruher Industrie Werke (BERKA) was founded in 1920 as a successor to the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken AG, one of Germany's largest munitions firms of the prewar era. Under the regime of the Versailles treaty the firm was forced to give up the manufacture of armaments, which had been its core business. Most of the facilities that had grown up to meet the needs of war were reduced and BERKA carried on with factories in Berlin and Karlsruhe, manufacturing
40-622: A row from 1979 to 1992, and winner of the German cup twelve times and won the European Cup in 1982, 1985, 1986 and 1989. He is currently the president of the association (as of 2020). The team's home games do not take place in the district, but in the Sportzentrum Schöneberg . For 2027, the team plans to move to the then newly constructed arena in Spandau. In 1939, LSV Spandau won the title of
60-400: A variety of light metal goods. In 1928 the firm passed under the control of Günther Quandt who moved the company into the production of business machines, acquiring typewriter manufacturer Olympia Schreibmaschinen in 1929, and opening a new factory in 1933 at Erfurt to manufacture cash registers and other business machines. Under Herr Quandt's leadership further acquisitions followed. In 1938
80-539: 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: The district mayor ( Bezirksbürgermeister ) is elected by the Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, and positions in the district government (Bezirksamt) are apportioned based on party strength. Carola Brückner of
100-680: Is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs ( Bezirke ) of Berlin , situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel . It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land area. Modern industries in Spandau include metalworking, and chemical and electrical factories. BMW Motorrad 's Spandau factory made all BMW's motorcycles from 1969 until final assembly plants were added in Rayong , Thailand, in 2000, and Manaus , Brazil, in 2016. Rathaus Spandau , Spandau's seat of government,
120-526: The Berlin Airlift . Since 1995 the airfield has been the Gatow Museum of Military History . Outside Berlin, Spandau borders the districts ( Kreis ) of Oberhavel to the north, and Havelland to the west, and the city of Potsdam , Brandenburg , to the southwest. Within Berlin, it borders the boroughs of Steglitz-Zehlendorf to the south, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf to the east, and Reinickendorf to
140-570: The German Army . In 1920, Spandau (whose name had been changed from Spandow in 1878) was incorporated into Greater Berlin as a borough. During World War II , Spandau was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , mostly for Polish and Hungarian women. After World War II, it was part of the British sector of West Berlin . Spandau Prison , which had been rebuilt in 1876,
160-546: The House of Ascania as the eldest son of Otto I and Judith , a daughter of the Piast Duke of Poland Bolesław III Wrymouth . Some time after his father died, Otto II married his father's widow, Ada of Holland . But he was childless. After succeeding his father, he improved the defense and settlement of Brandenburg and waged campaigns against the Slavs and Canute VI of Denmark . In
180-625: The Thirty Years' War , Spandau was surrendered to the Swedes . In 1806, after the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt , French troops under Napoleon took possession of the city and stayed there until 1807. In 1812, Napoleon returned, and the Citadel was besieged the following year by Prussian and Russian troops. From 1849 the poet and revolutionary Gottfried Kinkel was an inmate of Spandau town prison, until he
200-552: The Bear") took possession of the region. 1197 marked the first mention as Spandowe in a deed of Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg – thus forty years earlier than the Cölln part of medieval Berlin. Spandau was given city rights in 1232. During Ascanian rule the construction of Spandau Citadel began, which was completed between 1559 and 1594 by Joachim II of Brandenburg . In 1558 the village of Gatow became part of Spandau. In 1634, during
220-665: The English New Romantic band Spandau Ballet again re-purposed the term for its name. The history of Spandau begins in the 7th century or 8th century, when the Slav Heveller first settled in the area and later built a fortress there. It was conquered in 928 by the German King Henry I , but returned to Slavic rule after the rebellion of 983. In 1156, the Ascanian Earl Albrecht von Ballenstedt ("Albrecht
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#1732859337154240-524: The SPD was elected mayor on 4 November 2021. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the district government is as follows: The Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 have traditionally been an immensely powerful water polo team. They have been the most successful ball sports team in Europe with 85 national and international titles. Hagen Stamm , longtime captain of the team, was German champion fourteen times in
260-555: The Spandau complex; and from June 1942 to April 1945 at the Grottau , Czechoslovakia factory named Werk Grottau. WWII era weapons produced by Spreewerk include: The Waffenamt inspector at Spreewerk Grottau was assigned code WaA88. The Waffenamt stamp applied to Spreewerk produced P.38 pistols was an Eagle over 88 (e/88). Spreewerk produced P.38 pistols were marked with the "cyq" and "cvq" manufacturer's code. Spandau Spandau ( German: [ˈʃpandaʊ̯] )
280-450: The firm re-entered the field of munitions production, establishing Metallwarenfabrik Spreewerk to undertake the fabrication of munitions components at the former Berlin-Spandau factory of the defunct Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. This was followed in 1939 by the establishment of a modern ammunition loading facility on a forty hectare site near the city of Lübeck by the newly established Maschinen für Massenverpackung GmbH. Early in 1940
300-612: The firm strengthened its role in the manufacture of industrial machinery through the acquisition of the Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau of Dessau. The factories of the firm include: Subsidiaries of the firm include: Spreewerk was formed in September 1935 in Spandau Germany as a subsidiary of Deutschen Industrie-Werke A.G. (DIWAG). Spreewerk was involved in weapons production from its formation until April 1945 at
320-412: The first German basketball championship , which was won by a clear 47:16 victory over Bad Kreuznach . After 1945, the association was dissolved. Spandau is twinned with: Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg Otto II (after 1147 – July 4, 1205), called The Generous ( German : der Freigiebige ), was the third Margrave of Brandenburg from 1184 until his death. Otto II was born into
340-414: The northeast. Its land area of 91.91 km (35.49 sq mi) is the fourth-largest of the twelve boroughs. Spandau Borough is divided into nine quarters ( Ortsteile ) : As of 2010, Spandau had a population of 223,962, the smallest of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. 62,000 of those were migrants or other non-ethnic Germans, comprising 27% of Spandau's population. The governing body of Spandau
360-551: Was built in 1913. Other landmarks include the Renaissance-era Spandau Citadel , the 1848 St. Marien am Behnitz Catholic church designed by August Soller , and Spandau arsenal . That arsenal's Spandau machine gun inspired the slang Spandau Ballet to describe dying soldiers on barbed wire during the First World War , and later was applied to the appearance of Nazi war criminals at Spandau Prison . In 1979,
380-469: Was freed by his friend Carl Schurz in the night of 6 November 1850. Before World War I , Spandau was a seat of large government cannon foundries , factories for making gunpowder and other munitions of war, making it a centre of the arms industry in the German Empire . It was also a garrison town with numerous barracks , home of the 5th Guard Infantry Brigade and the 5th Guard Foot Regiment of
400-566: Was used to house Nazi war criminals given custodial sentences at the Nuremberg Trials . After the death of Spandau Prison's last inmate, Rudolf Hess , in 1987, it was completely demolished by the Allied powers and later replaced by a shopping mall . Gatow airfield , in the south of the district, was used by the Royal Air Force during the post-war Allied occupation, most notably during
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