- Mitte (locality)
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Mitte Quarter of Berlin Panoramic view of Mitte Coordinates 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E / 52.51944°N 13.40667°ECoordinates: 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E / 52.51944°N 13.40667°E Administration Country Germany State Berlin City Berlin Borough Mitte Quarter subdivisions 13 zones Basic statistics Area 10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi) Elevation 52 m (171 ft) Population 79,582 (30 June 2009) - Density 7,438 /km2 (19,263 /sq mi) Founded 1920 Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate B Postal codes (nr. 0101) 10115, 10117, 10119, 10178, 10179 Mitte (German for "middle, centre", commonly used without an article) is a central locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the homonymous district (Bezirk) of Mitte. Until 2001 it was itself an autonomous district.
It comprises the historic centre of Alt-Berlin around the churches of St. Nicholas and St. Mary, the City Hall and numerous main tourist attractions of the city. For these reasons Mitte is considered the "heart" of Berlin.
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History
The history of Mitte corresponds to the history of the entire city until the early 20th century, and with the Greater Berlin Act in 1920 it became the first district of the city. It was among the areas of the city most heavily damaged in World War II.
Following a territorial redeployment by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom that reshaped the borders of West Berlin's British Sector in August 1945, the western part of Staaken became in effect as of 1 February 1951 an exclave of Mitte, then still a borough of East Berlin. This ended on January 1, 1961, when western Staaken was incorporated into then East German Falkensee, which had already been under its de facto administration since June 1, 1952.
Between 1961 and 1990 Mitte, one of the most important boroughs of East Berlin but close to all three western sectors of the city, was almost surrounded by the Berlin Wall. One of the most important border crossings was Checkpoint Charlie, near Kreuzberg.[1]
Geography
Position
Situated in central Berlin and mostly in its old town, it is traversed by the river Spree. It borders the localities of Tiergarten, Moabit, Wedding, Gesundbrunnen, Prenzlauer Berg (in Pankow district), Friedrichshain, and Kreuzberg (both in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district).
Subdivision
Mitte is subdivided into 13 zones or neighborhoods (Stadtviertel) (the numbers refer to the map above right):
- Cölln (1)
- Museum Island (1a)
- Fischer Island (1b)
- Alt-Berlin (2)
- Nikolaiviertel (2a)
- Friedrichswerder (3)
- Neukölln am Wasser (4)
- Dorotheenstadt (5)
- Friedrichstadt (6)
- Luisenstadt (7)
- Stralauer Vorstadt (8)
- Alexanderplatz (9)
- Spandauer Vorstadt (10)
- Scheunenviertel (10a)
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt (11)
- Oranienburger Vorstadt (12)
- Rosenthaler Vorstadt (13)
Main sights
Buildings and structures
- Neues Museum
- Nikolaikirche
- Palast der Republik
- Pergamon Museum
- Reich Air Ministry
- Rotes Rathaus
- St. Hedwig's Cathedral
- Sophienkirche
- Staatsratsgebäude
- Stadtschloß
Places, squares and streets
Photogallery
Transportation
Mitte is served by S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S75, S9 (both on Berlin Stadtbahn); S1, S2, S25, and U-Bahn lines U2, U5, U6 and U8, as well as numerous tram and bus lines.
See also
- Berlin Alexanderplatz railway station
- Berlin Friedrichstrasse railway station
- Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station
References
- ^ (German) Historical infos about Mitte
External links
Media related to Mitte at Wikimedia Commons
Neighbourhoods of Mitte locality (Mitte district, Berlin) Alexanderplatz • Alt-Berlin (with Nikolaiviertel) • Cölln (with Fischerinsel and Museumsinsel) • Dorotheenstadt • Friedrichstadt • Friedrichswerder • Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt • Luisenstadt • Neukölln am Wasser • Oranienburger Vorstadt • Rosenthaler Vorstadt • Spandauer Vorstadt (with Scheunenviertel) • Stralauer VorstadtDistricts and localities of Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Lichtenberg Alt-Hohenschönhausen • Falkenberg • Fennpfuhl • Friedrichsfelde • Karlshorst • Lichtenberg • Malchow • Neu-Hohenschönhausen • Rummelsburg • WartenbergMarzahn-Hellersdorf Mitte Neukölln Pankow Blankenburg • Blankenfelde • Buch • Französisch Buchholz • Heinersdorf • Karow • Niederschönhausen • Pankow • Prenzlauer Berg • Rosenthal • Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow • Weißensee • WilhelmsruhReinickendorf Frohnau • Heiligensee • Hermsdorf • Konradshöhe • Lübars • Märkisches Viertel • Reinickendorf • Tegel • Waidmannslust • WittenauSpandau Falkenhagener Feld • Gatow • Hakenfelde • Haselhorst • Kladow • Siemensstadt • Spandau • Staaken • WilhelmstadtSteglitz-Zehlendorf Tempelhof-Schöneberg Treptow-Köpenick Adlershof • Alt-Treptow • Altglienicke • Baumschulenweg • Bohnsdorf • Friedrichshagen • Grünau • Johannisthal • Köpenick • Müggelheim • Niederschöneweide • Oberschöneweide • Plänterwald • Rahnsdorf • SchmöckwitzDistricts > Localities > Zones • Greater Berlin Act • Former boroughs West boroughs
(1920–2000)Charlottenburg • Kreuzberg • Neukölln • Reinickendorf • Schöneberg • Spandau • Steglitz • Tempelhof • Tiergarten • Wedding • Wilmersdorf • ZehlendorfEast boroughs
(1920–2000)Friedrichshain • Hellersdorf (1986) • Hohenschönhausen (1985) • Köpenick • Lichtenberg • Marzahn (1979) • Mitte • Pankow • Prenzlauer Berg • Treptow • WeissenseeCategories:- Populated places established in 1920
- Localities of Berlin
- Mitte
- Former boroughs of Berlin
- Cölln (1)
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