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Neukölln is a borough of Berlin. It has one of the highest percentages of foreigners in Berlin. When it was first mentioned in 1360, the village was called Richardsdorf and owned by the Order of St. John. Hence, the coat of arms of the current city borough bears the Maltese cross. In 1737 Frederick William I of Prussia let Moravians from Bohemia settle in the area, then called Rixdorf. They built their own church and houses off the village centre along the road to Berlin, today called Richardstrasse. On May 1, 1899, he area, then the largest village of Prussia, became an independent city, and in 1912 it acquired its current name. Its independence ended in 1920 when it was made part of Greater Berlin. From 1966 to 1975 the "Gropiusstadt", a city-within-a-city, designed by architect Walter Gropius, was built. Comparable in concept to La Defense in Paris, it has over 60,000 habitants. Review © 2009, Wcities |
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