What is Spandau?
{{Infobox German location |name = Spandau |name_local = |image_photo = |image_caption = |type = Borough |City = Berlin |Town = |image_coa = Coat of arms of borough Spandau.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|33|N|13|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Berlin |district = |borough = |divisions = 9 localities |_office = |Bürgermeistertitel = |mayor = Helmut Kleebank |party = SPD |elevation = |area = 91.91 |population = 231540 |population_as_of = 2012-11-30 |density = |pop_ref = |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = B |free_2 = |free_2_txt = |year = |plantext = Location of Spandau in Berlin |image_plan = Berlin Bezirk Spandau (labeled).svg |website = [http://www.berlin.de/ba-spandau/index.html Official homepage] }} [[Image:SpandauStreet.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Carl-Schurz-Strasse in Spandau.]] '''Spandau''' is the westernmost [[Boroughs of Berlin|borough]] (''Bezirk'') of [[Berlin]]. It is along the western bank of the Havel, and is where the rivers [[Havel]] and [[Spree]] meet. It has an area of {{convert|91.91|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} and has (as of 2003) about 226,100 inhabitants. Its current [[mayor]] is Helmut Kleebank ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]). == History == The history of Spandau begins in the [[7th century|7th]] or [[8th century]], when [[Slavs]] settled in the area and built a fortress. It was conquered in 928 by the [[Germany|German]] King [[Henry the Fowler|Henry I]], but returns to Slavic rule later in the [[10th century]]. The first written mention of Spandau was in 1197. It was given City rights in 1232. The [[Spandau Citadel]] was completed in 1594 by [[Joachim II of Brandenburg]]. In 1558 the village of [[Gatow]] became part of Spandau. Spandau was surrendered to the Swedes in 1634. In 1806, after the [[Battle of Jena|Battle of Jena and Auerstedt]], [[France|French]] tro