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[[File:MoabitStephanstra%C3%9Fe-1.jpg|thumb|''Stephankiez'' in Berlin-[[Moabit]]]]
'''''Kiez''''' (((IPA-de|ˈkiːts))) (also: '''''Kietz''''') is a [[German language|German]] word for a [[city]] [[neighbourhood]], a relatively small [[community]] within a larger town. The word is mainly used in [[Berlin]] and northern Germany. Similar quarters are called ''[[wikt:Veedel|Veedel]]'' in [[Cologne]] and ''[[wikt:Grätzl|Grätzl]]'' in [[Vienna]]. The more [[Standard language|standard]] [[German language|German]] term for a neighborhood in the sense of "where one lives" is ''[[Viertel (disambiguation)|Viertel]]'' ('quarter').

==Original meaning and etymology==
The word ''Kietz'' originated in the time of the [[Ostsiedlung|eastward expansion of German settlers]] in the Middle Ages into [[Polabian Slavs|West Slavic]] territories (''[[Germania Slavica]]''), when in many places both communities existed side by side. The word is possibly of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin (compare [[Slovak language|Slovak]] ''chyža'' 'hut, cottage', cf. [[Kessinians]]) and referred to a Slavic settlement (typically of fishermen) near a German town. Some placenames are reminiscent of this meaning, for example [[Küstrin-Kietz]] or the Kietz quarter of Berlin-[[Köpenick]].

Medieval ''Kietz'' settlements were first documented in the 14th century. They were often located near a castle or a river crossing and initially inhabited by Slavic vassals ("[[Wends]]"). They were prevalent in the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] as well as in [[Mecklenburg]] and in the [[Duchy of Pomerania]]. For a long time ''Kietze'' formed a distinct community beside the neighbouring peasant villages, though evidence of a specific Slavic population becomes rare in the course of an increasing [[Germanisation]]. From the late 18th century onwards, the denotation ''Kietz'' was generally applied to fishermen's villages and remote settlements. In its transferred sense, the word became a (sometimes mocking) denotation for Berlin neighbourhoods.

==Modern meaning==
A "Kiez" is never originally defined by the municipality or government, but rather by the inhabitants, and therefore doesn't necessarily coincide with administrative divisions. In some cases, however, such definitions have been picked up in official documents, this including State legislation.<ref>For example ((Cite web | title = Verordnung über die Erhaltung baulicher Anlagen und der städtebaulichen Eigenart sowie der Zusammensetzung der Wohnbevölkerung des Gebietes "Stephankiez" im Bezirk Tiergarten von Berlin (''Ordinance on the Preservation of Constructions and of the Urbanistic Character as well as the Composition of the Resident Population of the "Stephankiez" area in the Borough Tiergarten of Berlin'') | work = Berliner Rechtsvorschriften (Legal Provisions of Berlin) | publisher = Kulturbuch-Verlag Berlin | date = 1991-10-10 | url = http://www.kulturbuch-verlag.de/online/brv/D0008/F00376.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 2010-04-07 ))((dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )).</ref>

In Berlin the term usually has a positive connotation, as inhabitants often identify with the "Kiez" they live in. There is a rising number of approximately 20 unofficial "Kiez"-areas in Berlin, most often in and around the [[city centre]]. A Berliner "Kiez" usually consists mainly of pre-war buildings and upholds its own commercial and cultural infrastructure. Outside Berlin, "Kiez" may be considered by some as somewhat slangy.

[[File:Grosse Freiheit Hamburg.jpg|thumb|At the famous ''Kiez'' of Hamburg in St. Pauli]] 
In [[Hamburg]], ''der Kiez'' refers to the area around the [[Reeperbahn]] in the [[St. Pauli]] quarter, which is the city's [[nightlife]] and [[red-light district]]. It is the most well known "Kiez" in Germany and is sometimes mistakenly considered to be the first or original "Kiez". In other towns, such as [[Hanover]], red-light districts are sometimes referred to as the "Kiez" following Hamburg's example. Also in smaller cities, some districts may be referred to as a "Kiez", especially when there are vital scenes of culture, pubs and clubs – an example being the ''KTV'', a district of [[Rostock]].

==References==
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[[Category:German words and phrases]]
[[Category:Human habitats]]
[[Category:Urban planning in Germany]]
[[Category:Culture in Berlin]]
[[Category:Culture in Hamburg]]
[[Category:Hanover]]

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