Spandau, district of the city of Berlin, northeastern Germany, situated around the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers. It is an industrial center with firms producing metal products and electrical and electronic equipment. It was chartered as a town in 1232. In the late 16th century the electors of Brandenburg built here a large Italian Renaissance-style fortress, which was occupied by the Swedes during the 1630s and by the French from 1806 to 1813. In 1920 Spandau District was merged with Berlin, and, following World War II, it became part of West Berlin. Until 1987, Spandau prison housed Germans convicted by the Allies of war crimes at the Nürnberg trials of 1945-46.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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