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Wandsbek is the largest of seven boroughs that make up the city of Hamburg, Germany.
The borough is mostly suburban: Only three quarters in the core of the borough Wandsbek (Eilbek, Wandsbek, Marienthal) are urban and part of the city's economic and cultural core. The more northerly parts of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, Volksdorf, Duvenstedt are still quite rural, where one can find a mix of newer residences and farms.

History

During WWII from May 2 1944 until May 3 1945 a subcamp to the Nazi concentration camp of Neuengamme was located in Wandsbek, listed as no. 565 Hamburg-Wandsbek in the official German list.
On January 1, 2007 the Ortsämter (Precincts) were dissolved and the organisation of all boroughs of Hamburg was restructured. In the borough Wandsbek to the former precinct Wandsbek had belonged the quarters Eilbek, Jenfeld, Marienthal, Tonndorf, Wandsbek and Rahlstedt. The quarters Hummelsbüttel, Poppenbüttel, Sasel and Wellingsbüttel belonged to the precinct Alstertal. The precinct Bramfeld consisted of Bramfeld and Steilshoop. The precinct Rahlstedt were the quarter Rahlstedt. And the precinct Walddörfer were Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Farmsen-Berne, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Volksdorf and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt.

Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the borough Wandsbek has a total area of 147.5 km². In the north and the west it borders to the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in the south to the Hamburg-Mitte borough and in the east to Hamburg-Nord borough mostly.

Administrative divisions

Like the other boroughs of Hamburg, Wandsbek is divided into quarters. They are:
ť Bergstedt

   Bramfeld ť Duvenstedt

   Eilbek ť Farmsen-Berne

   Hummelsbüttel ť Jenfeld

   Lemsahl-Mellingstedt ť Marienthal

ť Poppenbüttel

   Rahlstedt ť Sasel

   Steilshoop ť Tonndorf

   Volksdorf ť Wandsbek

   Wellingsbüttel ť Wohldorf-Ohlstedt

Demographics

In 2006 in the borough Wandsbek were living 409,771 people. The population density was 2,777 people per km². 16.5% were children under the age of 18, and 22% were 65 years of age or older. 10.1% were immigrants. 18,452 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 200.560 households out of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 41.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.02.
In 2006 there were 37,957 criminal offences in borough (93 crimes per 1000 people).

Diet of the borough

Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (Bürgerschaft), the Bezirksversammlung is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 57 representatives. See also : Boroughs of Hamburg

Elections

Elections were held in Hamburg on 24 February 2008. The five parties having more than 5 percent in recent polls (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the ecologist Green Party (GAL), the left-wing Die Linke and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). The voter participation were 63.6%.

Party	Percent	Seats
CDU	43.5	25
SPD	30.8	18
GAL	11.5	7
Die Linke	6.0	3
FDP	6.2	4

Infrastructure

There were 61 elementary schools and 46 secondary schools in the borough Wandsbek and 695 physicians in private practice and 91 pharmacies.

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