Notable people from Neukölln

This is a list of notable people associated with Neukölln, a quarter of Berlin, Germany. It includes people who were born in Neukölln, as well as those who lived, worked, or were otherwise closely associated with the locality throughout its history. Notable figures include architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie, actor Horst Buchholz, jurist Jutta Limbach, philosopher Susan Neiman, footballer Antonio Rüdiger, and artist Lena Braun. The list distinguishes between natives, residents, and other significant associates.

Notable people

Many of Rixdorf's and Neukölln's natives became world-renowned in their respective professions, for example architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie, actor Horst Buchholz, president of Germany's Supreme Court Jutta Limbach, or Real Madrid's centre-back Antonio Rüdiger. Other important people have lived or settled in Rixdorf and Neukölln, for example Bible critic Bruno Bauer, philosopher Susan Neiman, artist Lena Braun, or Wilhelm Voigt, the infamous Captain of Köpenick.

List of notable natives and current or former residents or associates of Rixdorf, Neukölln and Berlin-Neukölln
Name Profession Status Born Died Notes
Werberg, Hermann von other associated 1324[taq] 1371 Knights Hospitaller commander, governor of Brandenburg, co-founder of Richardsdorf; a.k.a. Hermann von Werberge
Sasar, Dietrich von other associated 1360[taq] 1360[tpq] commander of Tempelhof's Knights Hospitaller, co-founder of Richardsdorf
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg other associated 1620-02-16 1688-04-29 nobility, general; built a public garden in the forest Hasenheide
Frederick William I of Prussia other associated 1688-08-14 1740-05-31 nobility, king of Prussia; patron of the Moravian refugees in Böhmisch-Rixdorf
Liberda, Johann other associated 1700-09-05 1742-08-09 theologian, immigrant leader, Bohemian-Lutheran priest
Bewert, Johann Wolfgang industrialist native 1700[taq] 1721 brewer, distributor, proprietor of Rixdorf's schultheiß court
Hertzberg, Ewald Friedrich von politician associated 1725-09-02 1795-05-22 statesman, proprietor of Rixdorf's schultheiß court (since 1760)
Jahn, Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph other associated 1778-08-11 1852-10-15 gymnastics educator, publicist, politician, nationalist Anti-Napoleonic liberationist, founder of the German gymnastics movement; built Germany's first public outdoor gymnasium in Neukölln's Hasenheide; a.k.a. Turnvater Jahn
Charles, Prince of Prussia other associated 1801-06-29 1883-01-21 nobility, general; built a public garden in the forest Hasenheide
Bauer, Bruno scientist resident 1809-09-06 1882-04-13 theologian, historian, philosopher, Bible critic
Müller, Eduard politician associated 1818-11-15 1895-01-05 priest, state representative; initiated the foundation of Rixdorf's St. Edward parish
Pannier, Rudolf jurist associated 1821-08-31 1897-12-12 president of the Landgericht Berlin (state court); initiated the establishment of Rixdorf's municipal court
Wrede, Wilhelm August Julius industrialist resident 1822-01-23 1895-12-28 liquor factory owner, banker; built Neukölln's Juliusburg estate
Prince Handjery, Nicolaus politician associated 1836-12-18 1900-12-07 nobility, jurist, county administrator of the Kreis Teltow including Rixdorf (1870–85)
Körner, Franz Wilhelm Theodor industrialist native 1838-03-01 1911-06-02 mining industrialist; eponymous owner of the gravel quarry, which became the Körnerpark
Kranold, Viktor Ferdinand von other associated 1838-09-19 1922-09-22 railroad executive, KED Berlin president; built Hermannstraße station
Jonas, Ernst Wilhelm Karl Ehrenfried other native 1842-09-01 1914-07-24 theologian, Protestant priest at Rixdorf's Church of Mary Magdalene, founder of Rixdorf's first Froebelian kindergarten
Voigt, Friedrich Wilhelm other resident 1849-02-13 1922-01-03 con man, impostor, shoemaker; a.k.a. Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (The Captain of Köpenick)
Lisco, Hermann jurist resident 1850-01-30 1923-11-07 Rixdorf district judge (1879–83), government official
Ziegra, Hugo industrialist resident 1852-03-25 1926-12-28 director of the Kindl brewery (Rollberg), city councilor (until 1919), city elder (1924)
Moras, Walter artist native 1856-01-20 1925-03-06 painter
Menken, August Aloysius Johannes architect associated 1858-06-23 1903-09-18 built Neukölln's St. John's Basilica
Arons, Leo scientist resident 1860-02-15 1919-10-10 physicist, inventor, politician
Geyger, Ernst Moritz artist native 1861-11-08 1941-12-29 sculptor, medalist, painter, etcher
Möhring, Bruno architect associated 1863-12-11 1929-03-25 urban planner; designed several buildings in Berlin and Neukölln
Fischer, Emil other resident 1865 1932 teacher, founder of the Neukölln Museum (1897)
Poppe, Oskar industrialist resident 1866-07-09 1918-08-08 chemist, chemical factory manager
Agahd, Konrad Rudolf Friedrich other resident 1867-03-01 1926-11-18 pedagogue, author, journalist
Jogiches, Leo politician resident 1867-07-17 1919-03-10 Marxist revolutionary, key member of the Spartacus League, KPD co-founder; born Leon Jogiches; a.k.a. Jan Tyszka
Rungius, Carl artist native 1869-08-18 1959-10-21 painter
Roß, Heinrich industrialist resident 1870-08-13 1957-08-03 postcard manufacturer, publisher, first chairman of the Israelitischer Brüder-Verein Neukölln (1922–34); a.k.a. Heinrich Ross
Luxemburg, Rosa other resident 1871-03-05 1919-01-15 Marxist revolutionary and theorist; found refuge in Neukölln with Karl Liebknecht before their execution, probably in the Weisestraße; born Rozalia Luksenburg
Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich politician resident 1871-08-13 1919-01-15 Socialist revolutionary; found refuge in Neukölln with Rosa Luxemburg before their execution, probably in the Weisestraße
Silberstein, Raphael politician associated 1873-03-19 1926-08-23 Berlin city councilor (1899–1918); motivated the construction of the Stadtbad Neukölln
Franke, Otto politician native 1877-09-15 1953-12-12 unionist, politician, peace activist
Lawrie, Lee Oscar artist native 1877-10-16 1963-01-23 architectural sculptor; creator of Atlas; born Max Leo Hugo Belling
Barth, Emil politician resident 1879-04-23 1941-07-17 plumber, author, leading November revolutionary, member of the Council of the People's Deputies
Wittbrodt, Wilhelm other resident 1879-11-08 1961-05-12 reform pedagogue, politician
Bielicke, Oskar Willy Friedrich industrialist resident 1881-09-25 1945-09-23 optics entrepreneur; a.k.a. William Friedrich Bielicke
Schultzenstein, Karl Julius Siegfried jurist native 1881-12-15 1951-11-07 district and regional judge, public official, author
Richter, Karl Franz scientist resident 1882-08-02 1971-08-01 teacher, classical philologian, Pauly–Wissowa co-author
Treffer, Joseph politician resident 1883-05-20 1963-02-08 editor, unionist, communal politician
Schröder, Karl Bernhard Fritz politician resident 1884-11-13 1950-04-06 Communist functionary, author, editor, co-founder of the Rote Kämpfer, director of Neukölln's folk high school (1945–49)
Görner, Karl Theodor industrialist resident 1884-12-10 1971-08-07 printing company owner, humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations; aided over 100 German Jews, of which 22 survived, i.a. Inge Deutschkron, during the Shoah with his daughter Hanni Nörper
Grylewicz, Anton politician native 1885-01-08 1971-08-02 metalworker, carpenter, Trotskyist, leading November revolutionary, Spartacist insurgent, member of the Reichstag (1924, KPD) and the Landtag of Prussia (1924–28), post-war Social Democrat
Nathan, Helene other resident 1885-08-23 1940-10-23 librarian, director of Neukölln's borough library
Karsen, Fritz other resident 1885-11-11 1951-08-25 pedagogue, school reformer (comprehensive schooling, second-chance college)
Werkmeister, Lotte artist native 1885-12-26 1970-07-15 chanson singer, Kabarett performer, actor
Frederik, Lothar Knud artist native 1886-11-09 1957-02-12 screenwriter, film critic; born Friedrich Paul Lothar Fredrik
Glaeser-Wilken, Lisbeth artist resident 1887-04-01 1977-04-11 actor, teacher; born Lisbeth Wirtson
Rosebery d'Arguto, Martin artist resident 1890-12-24 1942-10 (approx.) composer, industrial folk musician, conductor, choir director, vocal pedagogue, voice trainer; born Martin Rozenberg; a.k.a. Mosche Rosenberg
Zobeltitz, Gerda von other native 1891-06-09 1963-03-29 tailor; one of Germany's first recognized transvestites; born Georg Ernst Hans von Zobeltitz
Seiler, Karl Robert artist native 1891-12-06 1971 painter, illustrator, professor
Sorge, Reinhard artist native 1892-01-29 1916-07-20 dramatist, poet
Sander, Erwin other native 1892-03-05 1962-12-07 Berlin police major, military officer, Wehrmacht general
Piechowski, Paul other resident 1892-06-30 1966-06-09 theologian, physician, Protestant priest, religious socialist, chairman of the Union of Socialist Theologians
Rackwitz, Arthur other resident 1895-08-04 1980-08-16 Protestant priest, religious socialist, anti-fascist, publicist
Zaschka, Engelbert scientist resident 1895-09-01 1955-06-26 engineer, technical designer, inventor, helicopter pioneer
Vetter, Karl Otto Paul journalist native 1897-03-18 1957-09-15 author, editor, politician, peace activist, RNZ editor-in-chief
Meisel, Will artist native 1897-09-17 1967-04-29 composer, film composer, dancer, publisher
Schuhmann, Walter politician resident 1898-04-03 1956-12-02 Nazi Party official, Alter Kämpfer, Neukölln borough section leader, member of the Reichstag (1930–45)
Ley, Gritta artist native 1898-08-23 1986-12-17 actor
Baberske, Robert artist native 1900-05-01 1958-03-27 cinematographer
Braun, Otto politician resident 1900-09-28 1974-08-14 journalist, Communist functionary, Comintern agent, political and military advisor to the CCP; a.k.a. Li De
Bennewitz, Erwin politician native 1902-06-05 1980-10-22 mechanic, Treptow borough representative (SPD/GDR), Treptow borough mayor (1946–48)
Riefenstahl, Leni artist resident 1902-08-22 2003-09-08 film director, photographer, actor; sister of Heinz; born Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl
Beese, Hertha politician resident 1902-09-10 1987-10-15 teacher, Young Socialists (Jusos) co-founder, legislator, Reinickendorf borough councilor (1949–65), Arbeiterwohlfahrt district chairwoman, Berlin city elder (1972); daughter of Gertrud Scholz and Neukölln's third mayor and first borough mayor Alfred Scholz; sister of Arno Scholz; born Hertha Scholz
Roßkopf, Ernst Walter Fritz artist native 1903-02-13 1986-07-02 cinematographer
Arendt, Erich artist resident 1903-04-15 1984-09-24 teacher, poet, translator
Ulbricht, Lotte other native 1903-04-19 2002-03-27 socialist party official; wife of Walter; born Charlotte Kühn
Krause, Klaus Willi artist resident 1903-05-02 1976-03-25 actor, voice actor; born Willy Hermann Krause
Larsen, Maximilian artist native 1904-02-13 1975-01-13 actor, voice actor; born Max Fritz Bruno Schwenkner
Scholz, Arno journalist native 1904-02-22 1971-07-30 journalist, publicist, publisher; son of Gertrud Scholz and Neukölln's third mayor and first borough mayor Alfred Scholz; brother of Hertha Beese
Wolke, Bruno athlete native 1904-05-04 1973-12-23 road bicycle racer
Wichmann, Hans athlete native 1905-01-28 1981-09-23 middle-distance runner
Wöhrn, Fritz Oskar Karl other native 1905-03-12 1979-12-18 police officer, SS Hauptsturmführer, Eichmannreferat administrator
Rall, Adolf Anselm other native 1905-06-07 1933-11-02 trucker, SA member, murdered Reichstag fire whistleblower
Stasiewski, Bernhard scientist native 1905-11-14 1995-07-01 historian, Catholic priest
Muchow, Reinhold politician resident 1905-12-21 1933-09-12 National Socialist grassroots organizer, Alter Kämpfer, Berlin organizational party leader; founded the Neukölln Model of independently operating cells, applied Berlin-wide in 1932
Riefenstahl, Heinz scientist native 1906-03-05 1944-07-20 engineer; brother of Leni
Schmidt, Charles politician native 1906-06-03 1971-12-02 tobacco merchant, Berlin state representative
Wolke, Rudolf Paul athlete native 1906-06-09 1979-03-12 racing cyclist
Schmidt, Paul Otto Bruno other native 1906-08-16 1942-10-19 criminal, central figure of the Blomberg–Fritsch affair
Hübner, Walter other native 1906-08-24 1969 precision engineer, major of the Neukölln SA
Winkler, Gerhard artist native 1906-09-12 1977-09-25 composer, film composer, songwriter
Bardtke, Hans Walter Kurt scientist native 1906-09-22 1975-03-08 Protestant theologian, classical historian
Taylor, John Wilkinson other resident 1906-09-26 2001-12-11 educator, director general of UNESCO (1952–53)
Heltzel, Rudolf artist resident 1907-01-14 2005-06-10 painter, sculptor
Ardenne, Manfred Baron von scientist resident 1907-01-20 1997-05-26 researcher, applied physicist, nuclear physicist, inventor, politician
Borchert, Ernst Wilhelm artist native 1907-03-13 1990-06-01 actor, voice actor
Haegert, Wilhelm jurist native 1907-03-14 1994-04-24 lawyer, NS ministry official
Schmidt, Karl Oswald Willi other resident 1907-05-02 1972-03-08 SA leader, member of the Neukölln chapter; a.k.a. as Schweinebacke
Bluhm, Walter artist native 1907-08-05 1976-12-02 actor, voice actor
Lehmann, Hans Heinz scientist native 1907-08-13 1985-06-06 historian, anglicist
Mießner, Rudolf journalist native 1907-11-07 1973-01-16 Communist functionary, politician, editor-in-chief of i.a. Junge Welt (1947–49), East German radio and TV line producer
Benário Prestes, Olga other resident 1908-02-12 1942-04-07 stenographer, YCI and KJVD activist, Communist militant; born Olga Gutmann Benário
Seibt, Kurt politician native 1908-02-13 2002-06-21 Communist functionary, East German Minister for Direction and Control of Regional and District Councils (1964–65), chairman of the SED Central Revision Commission (1967–89)
Persson, Rosl other native 1908-02-29 2010-01-03 women's sports pioneer, alpinist, gymnastics coach, clerk, traveling acrobat, singer and musician; born Rosl Pauli
Pannek, Bruno Willy artist resident 1908-12-08 1984-04-23 precision engineer, amateur actor, member of the Loriot ensemble
Hilliger, Otto artist native 1909 1987 pianist, composer, choir director
Rossow, Walter architect native 1910-01-28 1992-01-02 landscape architect, university professor, author; central figure in Berlin's post-war reconstruction
Thiemann, Elsa artist resident 1910-02-07 1981-11-15 photographer, designer; born Elsa Franke
Lehnert, Martin scientist native 1910-05-20 1992-03-04 anglicist, professor
Meysel, Inge artist native 1910-05-30 2004-07-10 actor, voice actor
Leuschner, Bruno Max politician native 1910-08-12 1965-02-10 industrial clerk, East German Communist politician and functionary
Lüdke, Johannes Jakobus Michael artist native 1910-10-23 1972-05-11 documentary film director, film editor
Weckerling, Rudolf other resident 1911-05-03 2014-01-31 Protestant priest, peace activist
Ludwig, Hermann artist native 1911-07-27 1982-02-22 film editor, film production manager
Lewin, Fridl politician native 1911-09-15 2004-07-02 bookbinder, socialist activist (SAJ, SPD, later SED), FDJ co-founder and central committee delegate (1946–49), East German functionary; later Fridl Hensel-Lewin
Nicklitz, Walter politician native 1911-11-28 1989-10-04 mason, architect, magistrate, building official, state representative, deputy mayor of Berlin (SPD, 1959–65)
Meudtner, Ilse athlete resident 1912-11-01 1990-07-18 diver, dancer, choreographer, journalist
Ziegler, Walter jurist native 1912-11-05 1977-02-20 East German Supreme Court chief justice (First Senate, 1950–62)
Schipulle, Hans artist native 1913-03-13 1977-08-12 film editor, documentary filmmaker
Voelker, Alexander politician native 1913-08-01 2001-02-24 industrial business manager, Berlin state representative, city elder of Berlin (1980)
Bergmann, Erika other native 1915-01-03 1996 concentration camp guard, murderer; born Erika Belling
Rahl, Mady artist native 1915-01-03 2009-08-29 actor, voice actor, singer
Szelinski-Singer, Katharina artist resident 1918-05-24 2010-12-20 sculptor; born Katharina Singer
Ihle, Hans Joachim artist native 1919-12-21 1997-12-15 sculptor
Ebener, Dietrich scientist native 1920-02-14 2011-07-13 classical philologian, author, translator
Lipinski, Rudi scientist native 1920-03-26 2002-07-13 historian, annalist
Weizsäcker, Richard Karl Freiherr von politician associated 1920-04-15 2015-01-31 Neukölln representative (CDU, 1979–84), Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981–84), President of Germany (1984–94)
Edel, Peter artist native 1921-07-12 1983-05-07 graphic artist, author; born Hans Peter Hirschweh
Wolff, Friedrich jurist native 1922-07-30 2024-06-10 lawyer, East German official
Fischer-Fabian, S. journalist resident 1922-09-22 2011-11-16 novelist, non-fiction author, journalist; born Siegfried Fischer
Schäfer, Gerd E. artist native 1923-07-14 2001-09-20 actor, Kabarett satirist; born Gerhard Kurt Egilhard Schäfer
Kieling, Wolfgang artist native 1924-03-16 1985-10-07 actor, voice actor
Schulz, Paul other resident 1925-07-08 2013-02-25 Posadist political theorist, Socialist activist, ufologist, metallurgist
Bröker, Fredi other associated 1925-11-12 1955-07-05 chimney sweep, Anti-Communist, possible German intelligence agent; died in Neukölln as a casualty of the Berlin Wall border regime; a.k.a. Wolfgang Pankow
Möller, Gunnar artist native 1928-07-01 2017-05-16 actor
Rüster, Lothar jurist native 1930-01-22 2010-01-08 jurist, author, professor, East German official
Nieswandt, Erich journalist native 1930-12-30 2008-11-18 radio host, reporter, voice actor
Fiebach, Helmut athlete native 1933-08-08 2016-07-28 footballer, baker, chauffeur, storeowner
Gruner, Joachim artist native 1933-08-18 2011-09-23 composer, musician
Buchholz, Horst artist native 1933-12-04 2003-03-03 actor, voice actor
Peters, Gerd artist native 1934-01-09 2023-02-23 actor, author, journalist, naval officer
Limbach, Jutta jurist native 1934-03-27 2016-09-10 jurist, professor, Berlin Senator of Justice, president of the Federal Constitutional Court and Goethe-Institut
Jercha, Heinz other resident 1934-07-01 1962-03-27 butcher, Berlin Wall escape agent
Oefelein, Rainer architect associated 1935-08-23 2011-01-19 built Neukölln's High-Deck-Siedlung with Bernhard Freund
Abraham, Peter artist native 1936-01-19 2015-02-06 author, screenwriter, line producer, theater critic; a.k.a. Karl Georg von Löffelholz
Mann, Rahel Renate other native 1937-06-07 2022-03-31 physician, psychotherapist, lyricist, Shoah survivor; born Renate Wolf
Müller, Klaus athlete native 1938-01-26 team handball player and coach
Bosetzky, Horst artist resident 1938-02-01 2018-09-16 author, novelist, sociologist
Brehmer, KP artist native 1938-09-12 1997-12-16 painter, graphic artist, filmmaker; born Klaus Peter Brehmer
Kulpok, Alexander journalist resident 1938-11-13 radio journalist & presenter, author, German Videotext editor-in-chief
Fuchs, Wolfgang other resident 1939-01-08 2001-06-07 drugstore owner, Berlin Wall escape agent
Giesen, Traugott other resident 1940-05-06 theologian, priest, Christian author
Radeke, Winfried artist resident 1940-11-30 composer, cantor, conductor, director; founder and art director of the Neukölln Opera
Zander, Frank artist native 1942-02-04 singer, presenter, actor
Landowsky, Klaus-Rüdiger politician native 1942-07-21 Berlin state representative (CDU, 1975–2001), Berlin Hyp chairman (1993–2001, resigned amidst the Berlin Banking Scandal)
Sgonina, Alexander artist native 1943 sculptor, physicist, radio engineer; born Willi Alexander Godenrath
Rennert, Jürgen artist native 1943-03-12 author, poet, essayist, translator
Schmitt, Walfriede artist native 1943-03-26 actor, voice actor, author
Roski, Ulrich artist resident 1944-03-04 2003-02-20 musician, singer-songwriter
Ettlich, Wolfgang artist native 1947-05-26 film director
Vogel, Peter scientist native 1947-08-31 pedagogue, professor
Kolland, Dorothea scientist associated 1947-10-31 musicologist, director of Neukölln's Kulturamt (Culture Office, 1983–2012); born Dorothea Keupp
Buchholz, Werner scientist native 1948-01-25 historian, professor
Moessinger, Irene other resident 1949-10-14 nurse, cultural manager, equine-assisted therapist; founder and former director of the Tempodrom
Kalkowski, Kalle artist native 1950-01-20 singer, musician, painter; born Gottfried Kalkowski
Funke, Arno Martin Franz artist resident 1950-03-14 graphic artist, author, former extortionist; a.k.a. Dagobert
Strätz, Harald artist native 1951-07-17 2013-06-19 author, broadcast writer
Kapielski, Thomas Alfred Franz artist resident 1951-09-16 author, visual artist, musician
Weckman, Joachim industrialist resident 1953-10-04 entrepreneur, organic food pioneer
Sazak, Selçuk artist resident 1954-03-16 actor, Turkish film festival director
Haule, Eva Sybille other resident 1954-07-16 photographer, former Red Army Faction terrorist; a.k.a. Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong
Hasucha, Christian artist native 1955 street and installation artist
Walz, Brigitte Annemarie scientist associated 1955-02-16 ethnologist; co-founded the Karneval der Kulturen with Anett Szabó at Neukölln's Werkstatt der Kulturen
Neiman, Susan scientist resident 1955-03-27 author, moral philosopher, essayist, cultural commentator
Wendt, Michael politician resident 1955-12-01 2011-12-22 mechanical engineer, foundational member of the Berlin Alternative Liste
Krawczyk, Stephan artist resident 1955-12-31 author, songwriter, East-German dissident
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter politician associated 1956-01-05 jurist, Minister of Foreign Affairs (SPD, 2013–17), President of Germany (since 2017), active member of the Reformed Evangelical Bethlehem parish in Böhmisch-Rixdorf
Kinsky, Esther artist resident 1956-09-12 author, translator
Barkow, Frank architect associated 1957 built the Estrel Tower with Regine Leibinger
Şenalp, Hilmi  architect associated 1957 built Neukölln's Şehitlik Mosque
Feddersen, Jan journalist resident 1957-07-14 social economist, reporter, editor of Die Tageszeitung
Eryilmaz, Abdullah artist resident 1958 author, songwriter, bookseller
Farin, Klaus artist resident 1958-04-20 author, publisher, anti-discrimination activist, co-founder of PEN Berlin
Lilienthal, Matthias artist native 1959-12-21 director, theater manager, dramaturge, journalist
Bolien, Michael other native 1960-09-18 radio host, programmer, engineer, teacher
Knie, Andreas scientist resident 1960-12-12 sociologist, professor, traffic researcher
Braun, Lena artist resident 1961-04-04 performance and visual artist, curator, author
Verschuer, Leopold von artist resident 1961-04-09 actor, voice actor, author, theater and radio drama director, translator
Heisig, Kirsten jurist associated 1961-08-24 2010-06-28 Neukölln judge, author; propagated the procedural Neukölln Model
Garweg, Burkhard Maria Heimfried other resident 1961-09-01 fugitive, criminal suspect, radical left-wing activist, former member of the Red Army Faction terrorist group
Demirbüken-Wegner, Emine politician resident 1961-09-07 journalist, integration commissioner (Tempelhof-Schöneberg), borough mayor of Reinickendorf (since 2023, CDU); born Emine Demirbüken
Tuckermann, Anja artist resident 1961-11-24 author, novelist, journalist
Weisse, Simon artist  associated 1962 filmmaker, model maker, property master, set designer
Traub, Franziska artist resident 1962-08-03 actor, Kabarett satirist
Juwelia artist resident 1963-01-14 drag queen, singer, painter, gallery owner; a.k.a. Juwelia Soraya; born Stefan Stricker
Benedict, Peter artist resident 1963-07-13 actor, film director; born Christian Riss
Lieschied, Uwe other associated 1963-09-21 2006-03-21 murdered police chief superintendent
Sahihi, Ashkan artist resident 1963-11-27 photographer
Darabi Kazeruni, Kazem other resident 1964 Iranian intelligence agent, Hezbollah representative; convicted for the Mykonos restaurant assassinations (1992)
Kay, Manuela journalist native 1964-04-02 author, publisher, journalist, filmmaker, radio host, Siegessäule editor-in-chief (1996–2005)
Betz, Martin artist resident 1964-06-17 political satirist, musician, author
Herrndorf, Wolfgang artist resident 1965-06-12 2013-08-26 author, painter, illustrator, caricaturist
Hannemann, Uli artist resident 1965-08-25 author, columnist
Hacke, Alexander artist native 1965-10-11 musician, singer, music producer, filmmaker
Krüger, Roland other associated 1966-04-06 2006-04-27 murdered police superintendent; a.k.a. Boulette
Sallmann, Bernhard artist resident 1967 documentary film director
Meißner, Tobias Oliver artist resident 1967-08-04 novelist, cartoonist
Reding, Benjamin artist resident 1969-01-03 film director, screenwriter, author
Schreifels, Walter Arthur artist resident 1969-03-10 musician, singer
Hermann, Judith artist resident 1970-05-15 author
Sterblich, Ulrike artist native 1970-09-01 author, columnist, radio host
Röggla, Kathrin artist resident 1971-06-14 author, radio drama and theater writer
Wagner, Jan artist resident 1971-10-18 poet, essayist, translator
Wedhorn, Tanja artist resident 1971-12-14 actor
Ziege, Christian athlete native 1972-02-01 footballer, football manager
Blomberg, Sebastian artist resident 1972-05-24 actor
Dege, Timo artist resident 1973 street poet, author
Metschurat, Barnaby artist native 1974-09-22 actor
Lucic, Nenad artist resident 1974-09-24 actor
Burns, Barry artist resident 1974-11-14 musician
Krömer, Kurt artist native 1974-11-20 comedian, actor, presenter, author; born Alexander Bojcan
Topal, Murat artist native 1975 comedian, Kabarett satirist, former police officer
Balcı, Güner Yasemin journalist native 1975-02-09 journalist, author, documentary film director; Neukölln's integration commissioner (since 2020)
Winson artist resident 1975-03-04 musician, radio host, podcaster; born Marcus Winson
Alexander, Robin journalist resident 1975-05-13 reporter, journalist, author
Buß, Martin athlete resident 1976-04-07 high jumper
MOK artist native 1976-09-21 rapper, musician; born Tarkan Karaalioğlu
Khani, Behzad Karim artist resident 1977 author, journalist
Nathan, Sascha artist resident 1977-05-04 actor
Chérif, Karim artist resident 1977-05-31 actor
Tarééc artist native 1978-07-03 R&B singer, musician; f.k.a. T-Soul; born Tarek Hussein
Redler, Lucy politician resident 1979-08-17 Trotskyist activist (ISA, Anti-capitalist Left), national party executive (Die Linke, 2016–21); a.k.a. rote Lucy ("red Lucy")
Pabst, Pamela jurist resident 1978-10-29 Germany's first blind attorney-at-law
Parka, Jurassica artist native 1979-10-17 drag queen, show host, entertainer, author; born Mario Olszinski
Soze, Keyza artist resident 1980 composer, music producer, DJ; a.k.a. Verbal Kint; born Konrad Karkos
Zillmann, Daniel artist resident 1981-01-18 actor, voice actor, singer
Jagla, Jan-Hendrik athlete resident 1981-05-25 basketball player
Herzberg, Martin artist native 1981-05-28 musician, composer, musicologist
Uddenberg, Anna artist resident 1982 sculpturist
Melendiz artist native 1982-06-14 musician, composer; born Volkan Melendiz
Berrached, Anne Zohra artist resident 1982-07-31 film director, screenwriter
Akboga, Kazim artist resident 1982-08-20 2017-02-09 musician, rapper, singer, DJ, commercial video writer & producer; born Kazım Akboğa
Hızarcı, Derviş other native 1983 teacher, author, Berlin integration commissioner (2019–20)
Schazad, Graziella artist resident 1983-07-02 musician, singer-songwriter
Sukini artist resident 1983-12-29 musician, columnist, rapper; f.k.a. Sookee and Quing of Berlin; born Nora Hantzsch
Naumann, Henrike artist resident 1984 2026-02-14 installation artist
Otremba, Hendrik artist resident 1984-09-21 musician, author, visual artist
Stoehrfaktor, Lena artist resident 1984 musician, rapper, social worker, educator; born Lena Stoehr
Bumaye, Ali artist resident 1985-01-11 musician, rapper; born Ali Alulu Abdul-razzak
Senesie, Sahr athlete resident 1985-06-20 footballer; half-brother of Antonio Rüdiger
Schuch, Albrecht artist resident 1985-08-21 actor
Stokowski, Margarete artist resident 1986-04-14 author, essayist
Özdemir, Oktay artist resident 1986-10-06 actor, theater author; born İnanç Oktay Özdemir
Then, Felicitas journalist resident 1986-11-29 journalist, editor, TV cook
Mondtag, Ersan artist resident 1987 theater and opera director; born Ersan Aygün
Amjahid, Mohamed journalist resident 1988 non-fiction author, journalist, reporter
Gringo artist native 1988 musician, rapper; born Ilfan Kalender
Aikins, Jonathan Kwesi artist resident 1989-01-22 actor, voice actor
Herman, Rony artist resident 1990 actor
Janta, Oumi other resident 1991 jam skater, model, influencer
Kobosil artist native 1991-04-05 DJ, music producer, musician; born Max Kobosil
Zeuge, Tyron athlete native 1992-05-12 professional boxer
Hmeidan, Kenda artist resident 1992-09-13 actor, voice actor
Juju artist resident 1992-11-20 musician, rapper; born Judith Wessendorf
Rüdiger, Antonio athlete native 1993-03-03 footballer; half-brother of Sahr Senesie; a.k.a. El Loco, Don Antonio and Toni Rüdiger
Lou, Alice Phoebe artist resident 1993-07-19 musician, singer-songwriter; born Alice Matthew
Lang, Ricarda politician resident 1994-01-17 MdB (Alliance 90/The Greens, since 2021), co-deputy party leader (2022–24)
Juno, Madeline artist resident 1995-08-11 musician, singer-songwriter; born Madeline Obrigewitsch
Ngee artist native 1996 musician, rapper; born Nikolas Schüssler
Kayil, Jack athlete resident 2006-01-27 basketball player

Resistance against National Socialism

Many of Germany's resistance fighters and activists against National Socialist rule operated from Neukölln, for example Heinz Kapelle and Ursula Goetze, who coordinated with the Red Orchestra in the quarter. Some activists also moved to socialist East Germany after World War II and became prominent state officials and politicians, for example Klaus Gysi and Frieda Unger.

List of notable resistance activists and fighters against National Socialism in Berlin-Neukölln
Name Status Born Died Profession and notes
Hermann, Albert Reinhold Richard resident 1885-11-10 1945-04-29 pressman, unionist
Künstler, Franz resident 1888-05-13 1942-09-10 mechanic, unionist, politician
Unger, Frieda resident 1888-07-09 1975-04-12 politician, East German functionary; born Frieda Eckert
Sahlberg, Clara native 1890-07-03 1977-04-13 tailor, unionist
Boock, Georg resident 1891-09-06 1961-06-23 Neukölln administrator, mayor of i.a. Erfurt (1946–61)
Lange, Emil Alfred Fritz resident 1898-11-23 1981-09-16 teacher, Communist borough and city representative
Bischoff, Fritz native 1900-07-01 1945-05-03 salesman, Communist functionary; husband of Charlotte
Kühn, Bruno native 1901-12-17 1944 (approx.) Communist functionary; brother of Lotte Ulbricht
Glatzer, Helene native 1902-02-08 1935-01-31 clerk
Rathmann, Anna native 1902-02-15 1992-10-08 metalworker, Neukölln borough representative (KPD), Lichtenberg district chairwoman (SED); sister of Gertrud Rosenmeyer; born Anna Helene Rosenmeyer
Sieg, John resident 1903-02-03 1942-10-15 Communist railroad worker, journalist; leading member of the Red Orchestra; pseudonymously a.k.a. Siegfried Nebel
Weise, Martin resident 1903-05-12 1943-11-15 journalist, borough representative (1929–33)
Kapteina, Hugo resident 1903-06-23 1945-04-20 journalist
Seelenbinder, Werner associated 1904-08-02 1944-10-24 wrestler; trained and is buried in Neukölln
Schröder, Georg native 1904-10-10 1944-09-11 blacksmith, welder
Rosenmeyer, Gertrud "Trude" native 1904-10-19 1982-09-16 assembler, Neukölln borough representative (KPD), post-war Neukölln KPD chairwoman, Lichtenberg district secretary (SED); sister of Anna Rathmann; partner of Wilhelm Kling
Jahnke, Willi native 1906-08-29 1992-01-01 merchant, unionist, Communist functionary, borough mayor of Lichtenberg (1955–59, SED) and Prenzlauer Berg (1964–69)
Siedentopf, Hedwig native 1909-08-22 1994 sewer, member of the Uhrig–Römer resistance group, Kreuzberg district officer, SED member
Loll, Ferdinand native 1910-03-08 1986-08-05 shipping agent, Communist activist, GDR police officer; convicted for the Richardsburg attack (1931)
Crüger, Tommy native 1911-05-17 2003-01-17 Communist functionary, politician; born Herbert Crüger
Hesse, Eberhard native 1911-06-28 1986-03-28 printer, chairman of Neukölln's SAJ, unionist, Berlin state representative (1956–75, SPD)
Gysi, Klaus native 1912-03-03 1999-03-06 journalist, publisher, politician; father of Gregor
Hoffmann, Friedel native 1912-12-14 1997-12-26 Socialist functionary, East German political official; born Friedel Schmiedel; later a.k.a. Friedel Lange
Tschäpe, Herbert native 1913-01-15 1944-11-27 construction worker, carpenter, Communist functionary
Walter, Grete native 1913-02-22 1935-10-21 Communist youth worker
Kapelle, Heinz resident 1913-09-17 1941-07-01 pressman, Communist politician
Jadamowitz, Hildegard native 1916-02-12 1942-08-18 factory worker, salesclerk, medical assistant, Communist functionary; a.k.a. Hilde Jadamowitz; born Hildegard Jadamowicz
Goetze, Ursula resident 1916-03-29 1943-08-05 stenographer
Walter, Irene native 1919-01-23 1942-08-18 secretary
Rehmer, Friedrich native 1921-06-02 1943-05-13 locksmith, adjuster, teacher

Mayors and other local politicians

Rixdorf became an independent city in 1899 and was incorporated as a borough of Berlin in the 1920 Greater Berlin Act, so the city of Rixdorf (later Neukölln) has only had three mayors and lord mayors respectively.[note 1] Both the Hermannstraße and the Boddinstraße, together with the corresponding plazas, were named after Rixdorf's first mayor, Hermann Boddin.[note 2] None of Rixdorf's and Neukölln's three city mayors were natives, while only Alfred Scholz' political party affiliation is known from historical sources.[note 3] As part of the borough Neukölln, the quarter of Neukölln has been administered by the borough mayor since 1920. As of 2025, the incumbent is Martin Hikel (SPD).[note 4]

Name Title City Term Party Born Died Notes
Boddin, Karl Wilhelm Hermann Mayor, First Mayor, Lord Mayor Rixdorf 1899–1907 – 1844-05-16 1907-07-23 in office until his death[note 5]
Kaiser, Curt Mayor, Lord Mayor Rixdorf, Neukölln 1907–1919 – 1865-01-26 1940-04-25 often spelled Kurt Kaiser[note 6]
Scholz, Alfred Heinrich Paul Mayor Neukölln 1919–1920 SPD 1876-05-15 1944-11-02 transitioned to Neukölln's first borough mayor[note 7]
List of other notable local politicians of Rixdorf, Neukölln and Berlin-Neukölln
Name Status Born Died Notes
Manitius, Adolph Gebhard resident 1682 1754-12-27 Rixdorf hofmeister, proprietor of the schultheiß fief court (1704–37)
Pflüger, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm native 1784-12-12 1833-06-27 schultheiß of Deutsch-Rixdorf (1814–30)
Wanzlick, Daniel Friedrich native 1819-02-15 1877-06-19 last Bohemian schultheiß of Böhmisch-Rixdorf (5 May 1869 – 11 June 1873)
Schinke, Johann Friedrich native 1826-11-20 1875-08-03 last schultheiß of Deutsch-Rixdorf (27 January 1863 – 1 January 1874)
Maresch, Daniel resident 1833-09-11 1923-12-23 alderman, municipal magistrate, city administrator
Barta, Carl Friedrich resident 1833-12-10 1914-09-25 innkeeper, Böhmisch-Rixdorf's principal municipal magistrate (1871–73), municipal magistrate under Hermann Boddin (1874–88)
Jansa, Wilhelm native 1834-12-20 1909-04-20 farmer, alderman, municipal magistrate (1878–99)
Mier, Friedrich Wilhelm resident 1836-02-18 1912-12-19 Rixdorf/Neukölln city councilor
Schudoma, Johann native 1840-02-19 1903-10-04 only Bohemian municipal magistrate of the unified Rixdorf authorities (1874–99), city councilor (1899–1903)
Sander, Hermann resident 1845-07-14 1939-03-12 industrialist, Rixdorf municipal councilor (1887–96), municipal administrator (1896–98), Rixdorf/Neukölln city administrator and honorary council president (1899–1919)
Bürkner, August native 1847-01-06 1914-12-27 Rixdorf municipal representative (1889–99), Rixdorf/Neukölln city councilor (1899–1914)
Thiemann, August native 1849-09-10 1923-05-17 Rixdorf/Neukölln city magistrate and councilor (1899–1919)
Leyke, Gustav Adolf resident 1851-09-10 1910-07-28 merchant, Rixdorf municipal administrator (1892–98), city councilor (1899–1910)
Niemetz, Daniel Benjamin resident 1853-06-25 1910-05-09 gardener, Rixdorf municipal magistrate (1886–99), city councilor (1899–1909), city elder (1909)
Voigt, Georg Philipp Wilhelm resident 1866-09-16 1927-04-13 Second Mayor of Rixdorf under Boddin (1899–1906), city councilor of Gdańsk, Lord Mayor of i.a. Frankfurt
Wutzky, Emil resident 1871-10-04 1963-12-30 unionist, cooperativist, Rixdorf/Neukölln city councilor (1899–1917)
Schönborn, Richard resident 1878-02-13 1957-03-03 merchant, borough representative (1924–25, Centre Party), member of the Reichstag (1925–30)
Juchacz, Marie resident 1879-03-15 1956-01-26 housemaid, industry worker, social reformer, women's rights activist, executive and women's representative (1908–13, Rixdorf SPD), secretary for women's affairs in Cologne (1913–17), official at the Center for Home Working and the Food Commission, Berlin secretary for women's affairs (1917–19), Member of the Reichstag (1920–33), first female representative to address a German parliament, founder of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt; born Marie Gohlke
Scholz, Hedwig Emma Gertrud resident 1881-04-26 1950-04-18 patternmaker, executive and women's representative (Rixdorf SPD), only female member of Neukölln's Workers' and Soldiers' Council (1918/19), Neukölln city and borough representative (1919–21), Berlin city representative (1921–33), Reinickendorf borough representative (1946–50); wife of Neukölln's third mayor and first borough mayor Alfred Scholz; later Hedwig Emma Gertrud Hass; born Hedwig Emma Gertrud Uster
Schlecht, Paul native 1882-09-28 1947-04-29 toolmaker, member of the Revolutionary Stewards, Communist functionary (KPD), district administrator, member of the Reichstag (1924–28), party leader
Löwenstein, Kurt resident 1885-05-18 1939-05-08 socialist reform pedagogue, borough councilor (1921–33)
Raddatz, Erich resident 1886-11-28 1964-02-16 locksmith, borough representative (1926–30)
Fechner, Max native 1892-07-27 1973-09-13 toolmaker, borough representative (1921–25)
Ohm, Martin native 1895 1955 borough officer, administrative auditor, first post-war borough mayor of Neukölln (April–October 1945), appointed by the Soviet Army; instrumental in Neukölln's immediate post-war recovery
Fink, Hans associated 1898-12-18 1945-08-01 bank clerk, NSDAP Kreisleiter (district chairman) for Neukölln, member of the Reichstag (1936–38)
Fischer, Hermann Richard Gustav native 1900-02-24 1983-02-28 manager, administrator, Neukölln borough representative (1929–33, DVP), Berlin city and state representative (1948–58, FDP), Tempelhof borough mayor (1951–53), Berlin Senator of the Interior (1953–54), Mayor of Berlin (1954)
Samson, Kurt resident 1900-05-08 1947-03-09 jurist, Neukölln borough mayor (NSDAP, 1933–45)
Exner, Kurt native 1901-05-15 1996-11-12 unionist, borough mayor (1949–59, Berlin SPD), Berlin senator for Labor and Social Welfare under Willy Brandt (1959–67)
Kling, Wilhelm "Willi" resident 1902-02-07 1973-11-17 merchant, journalist, Neukölln sub-district chairman (KPD), post-war Neukölln KPD secretary, SED central committee official; partner of Gertrud Rosenmeyer; a.k.a. Fritz (Communist underground pseudonym)
Wollenberg, Karl associated 1903-04-30 1958-04-25 fireman, storekeeper, German Labour Front executive, NSDAP Kreisleiter (district chairman) for Neukölln, member of the Reichstag (1938–45), judge for economic law
Buwitt, Dankward native 1939-07-06 merchant, Neukölln district chairman (CDU), Berlin state representative (1975–91), member of the German Bundestag (MdB, 1990–2002)
Hackel, Wolfgang resident 1942-11-27 political scientist, CDU Neukölln executive member, borough councilor, MdB (1980–85), member of the European Parliament (1985–89)
Bielka, Frank native 1947-10-22 business economist, borough mayor (1989–91), Degewo board chairman (until 2002)
Buschkowsky, Heinz native 1948-07-31 public manager, author, borough mayor (1991/92, 2001–15)
Giffey, Franziska resident 1978-05-03 public manager, borough mayor (2015–18, SPD), governing mayor of Berlin (2021–23)
Koçak, Ferat Ali resident 1979-05-26 economist, manager, marketing director, Berlin state representative (Die Linke), MdB (since 2025); first politician of Die Linke to win a direct mandate in a formerly West German electoral district
Audretsch, Andreas resident 1984-06-25 journalist, author, Neukölln Alliance 90/The Greens board member and speaker, MdB (since 2021), vice chairman of the parliamentary group
Demir, Hakan resident 1984-11-16 political scientist, Migazin co-editor-in-chief, chairman of Rixdorf's local SPD office, SPD Berlin board member, MdB (since 2021), member of the Parliamentary Left
Hikel, Martin resident 1986-04-30 teacher, borough mayor (2018–26), Berlin SPD chairman (2024–25)
Helm, Anne resident 1986-06-07 actor, borough representative (Pirate Party), Berlin state representative (Die Linke), chairwoman of the parliamentary group (since 2022)
Hopp, Marcel native 1988-02 teacher, author, influencer, Neukölln Juso chairman, borough deputy, SPD Neukölln co-chairman, Berlin state representative (SPD, since 2021)

Local building officials

During the tenure of Reinhold Kiehl and his colleagues, for example fellow architect Heinrich Best (1876–1916), Rixdorf's Hochbauamt (office of public works service) and building authority received a stellar reputation across the German Empire, which attracted many young architects, who all earned their stripes in Rixdorf and Neukölln before becoming often renowned independent architects, for example Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Franz Hoffmann and Bruno Taut.

List of notable building officials and local architects of Rixdorf, Neukölln and Berlin-Neukölln
Name Born Died Notes
Weigand, Hermann 1854-02-02 1926-10-16 Rixdorf/Neukölln building officer (1904–21), Neukölln city elder (1924)
Kiehl, Reinhold 1874-04-22 1913-03-10 director of Rixdorf's Hochbauamt (1905–12)
Martens, John 1875-05-04 1936-06-04 director of the Hochbauamt's design office (until 1908); born Henning John Gustav Martens
Müller, Hans Heinrich 1879-04-20 1951-12-07 building official (1920–24)
Zollinger, Friedrich Reinhard Balthasar 1880-03-31 1945-04-19 building official (1912–18)
Taut, Bruno 1880-05-04 1938-12-24 building official (1908–09)
Goetze, Robert Friedrich 1881 1940[tpq] assistant director of the design office (1906–24)
Zizler, Josef 1881-03-19 1955-10-24 building official (1917–21)
Bonatz, Karl Nikolaus 1882-07-06 1951-09-24 construction administrator (1927–40)
Taut, Max 1884-05-15 1967-02-26 building official (until 1912)
Hoffmann, Franz 1884-06-13 1951-07-15 building official (1908–09)
Borgwardt, Johannes Karl Stephan 1885-09-28 1943-10-04 design official (1907–24), design office assistant director (1924–42)
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 1886-03-27 1969-08-17 building official (1904–05); born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies

Other notable people

Leo Arons around 1901
Memorial plate Ursula Goetze (1987)
Alexander Hacke performing on 5 May 2007

Notes

  1. ↑ The term Lord Mayor is only a rough translation of the German Oberbürgermeister, literally "Chief Mayor", but still applies, because the title was awarded by the German Emperor.
  2. ↑ According to many modern secondary sources, the Hermannstraße is supposedly named after Arminius, who was later mythologized in Germany as Hermann der Cherusker and became a prominent ideological figurehead in Prussian politics of the 19th century, but contemporary documentation by Rixdorf's administration from the time of the street's rechristening in 1875, now archived by Neukölln's district office, attests that the street's name is derived from Hermann Boddin, who had been instrumental in the street's development and expansion; even though this provenance was widely known among the populace, Boddin's family always denied it (Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Wolfgang Kramer, Berlins S-Bahnhöfe – Ein dreiviertel Jahrhundert, Berlin 1998, p. 120; cf. Fabian Friedmann, "Der Patriarch", Neukoellner, 19 September 2012). According to 1885 local civil engineering records, the same eponymous provenance applies to the name Hermannplatz; cf. "Hermannplatz", in: Roman Kaupert (ed.), Kauperts Straßenführer durch Berlin, Zepter und Krone: Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2019. Furthermore, for Rixdorf's proposed rechristening, Boddin had insisted the city be renamed Hermannstadt after himself (see above), which underscores his egomaniacal side that his family tried to remedy after his death.
  3. ↑ Boddin and Kaiser were likely conservatives and royalists, and therefore aligned with political parties like the Zentrum or the DkP.
  4. ↑ For a list of all historical mayors and borough mayors, see: "Ehemalige Bürgermeister des Bezirkes", Bezirksamt Neukölln.
  5. ↑ Before Rixdorf was chartered, Boddin had already been the town's principal municipal magistrate (Amts- und Gemeindevorsteher) since 4 February 1874, following the unification of Deutsch- and Böhmisch-Rixdorf (see above); Boddin transitioned to the role of mayor on 1 April 1899, received the official title Erster Bürgermeister auf Lebenszeit (First Mayor for Life) from district president Robert Earl Hue de Grais on 4 May 1899, and was awarded the title Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor) by Wilhelm II on his 30-year office anniversary on 4 February 1904.
  6. ↑ His nickname among the people was Kaiser von Rixdorf ("emperor of Rixdorf") as a pun on his surname; Kaiser became mayor under Lord Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) Boddin on 26 March 1907; a few months after Boddin's death (23 July 1907), he was awarded the title Lord Mayor by Wilhelm II on 3 December 1908 at the opening of Rixdorf's new City Hall; he remained in office through the city's renaming to Neukölln (1912) until the end of his term on 1 November 1919 during the November Revolution.
  7. ↑ Scholz was elected to the Rixdorf council of city representatives in 1906 and became its president (Stadtverordnetenvorsteher) in 1911, the first Social Democratic politician of Germany to serve in this capacity. He was elected Neukölln's mayor in April 1919, when mayoral contender and long-serving city councillor Hermann Sander (1899–1919) stepped away from his political duties after a reform of Neukölln's electoral law. Scholz first served as mayor under Lord Mayor Curt Kaiser until the end of Kaiser's term on 1 November 1919, then as Neukölln's sole mayor until 27 April 1920, when he transitioned to borough mayor after the Greater Berlin Act came into force. He remained Neukölln's borough mayor until 1 March 1933, including another three years as council president (1931–33), when he was forced to resign from his offices under pressure from the new ruling NSDAP (see also Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service); his unlawfully appointed successor during the Nazi era (1933–45) was Kurt Samson. In 2014, the plaza Platz der Stadt Hof at Rixdorf's Karl-Marx-Straße was renamed Alfred-Scholz-Platz in his honor. Scholz' wife was Neukölln's only female revolutionary council member Gertrud Scholz.

References

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