Mitte

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Sign Map
Sign of Mitte
The location of Mitte in Berlin.
The location of Mitte in Berlin.
Area: 39.47 km²
Inhabitants: 327,494 (2007)
Population density: 8,297 inhabitants per km²
Website: official homepage (German)
Politics
Mayor of Borough: Christian Hanke (SPD)
Parliament of Borough (BVV): SPD 19, CDU 11, Alliance '90/The Greens 11, The Left Party.PDS 7, FDP 3, The Greys 2, WASG 2 (last election 2006)
Mitte's localities
Mitte's localities
Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods

Berlin-Mitte or Mitte is the first and most central borough of Berlin (Mitte is German for centre). Mitte encompasses Berlin's historic core. The area includes some of the most important tourist sites of Berlin (like the Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and the Reichstag among others), most of which were in East Berlin.

In 2001, Berlin's boroughs were reorganized. The former borough of Mitte, located entirely within former East Berlin, was combined with the boroughs of Wedding and Tiergarten (both of which belonged to West Berlin) to form the new Mitte borough.

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[edit] Localities of the Mitte borough

The new borough of Mitte consists of six localities:

  • Mitte

(the former Mitte borough)

(the former Tiergarten borough)

(the former Wedding borough)

[edit] Neighborhoods of the Mitte locality

View over Berlin Mitte borough
View over Berlin Mitte borough

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°22′E / 52.517, 13.367