Mitte (locality)

Mitte (German for "middle, centre", commonly uised athoot a airticle) is a central locality (Ortsteil) o Berlin in the homonymous destrict (Bezirk) o Mitte. Till 2001 it wis itsel a autonomous destrict.

Mitte
Quairter o Berlin
Panoramic view of Mitte
Coat airms
Mitte
Location o Mitte in Mitte destrict an Berlin
Coordinates: 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E
Kintra	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Mitte
Foondit	1920
Area
• Total	10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Population  (2009-06-30)
• Total	79,582
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 0101) 10115, 10117, 10119, 10178, 10179
Vehicle registration	B

Zones o Mitte

It comprises the historic centre o Alt-Berlin aroond the kirks o St. Nicholas an St. Mary, renouned Museum Island, the ceety haw Rotes Rathaus, the ceety admeenistrative biggin Altes Stadthaus, the famous Fernsehturm, Brandenburg Gate at the end o the central boulevard Unter den Linden an mair main tourist attractions o the ceety. For these raisons Mitte is considered the "hert" o Berlin.

History

Map o 1688

Relatit pages: Cölln an History o Berlin

The history o Mitte corresponds tae the history o the entire ceety till the early 20t century, an wi the Greater Berlin Act in 1920 it became the first destrict o the ceety. It wis amang the auries o the ceety maist hivily damagit in Warld War II.

Follaein a territorial redeployment bi the Soviet Union an the Unitit Kinrick that reshapit the borders o Wast Berlin's Breetish Sector in August 1945, the wastren pairt o Staaken became in effect as o 1 Februar 1951 a exclave o Mitte, then still a burgh o East Berlin. This endit on 1 Januar 1961, when wastren Staaken wis incorporatit intae then East German Falkensee, which haed awready been unner its de facto admeenistration syne 1 Juin 1952.

Atween 1961 an 1990 Mitte, ane o the maist important burghs o East Berlin but close tae aw three wastren sectors o the ceety, wis amaist surroondit bi the Berlin Waw. Ane o the maist important border crossins wis Checkpoint Charlie, near Kreuzberg.^[1]

Geografie

Position

Situatit in central Berlin an maistly in its auld toun, it is traversed bi the river Spree. It borders the localities o Tiergarten, Moabit, Wedding, Gesundbrunnen, Prenzlauer Berg (in Pankow destrict), Friedrichshain, an Kreuzberg (baith in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg destrict).

Subdiveesion

Mitte is subdividit into 13 zones or neebourheids (Stadtviertel) (the nummers refer tae the map abuin right):

• Cölln (1)
  • Museum Island (1a)
  • Fisher 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)

Sister ceeties

• Higashiōsaka, Japan
• Holon, Israel

Main sichts

Biggins an structurs

Alte Nationalgalerie Altes Museum Altes Stadthaus Berlin Cathedral Berlin State Opera Berliner Ensemble Brandenburg Gate Bode Museum Bundesrat o Germany Checkpoint Charlie

Deutscher Dom Fernsehturm Berlin Französischer Dom Friedrichswerder Kirk Humboldt Varsity James Simon Gallery Konzerthaus Berlin Kunsthaus Tacheles Marienkirche Neue Synagoge

Neues Museum Nikolaikirche Palast der Republik Pergamon Museum Reich Air Meenistry Rotes Rathaus St. Hedwig's Cathedral Sophienkirche Staatsratsgebäude Stadtschloß

Places, squares an streets

Alexanderplatz Bernauer Straße Friedrichstraße Gendarmenmarkt Karl-Marx-Allee Leipziger Straße

Lustgarten Marx-Engels-Forum Molkenmarkt Museum Island Nikolaiviertel

Oranienburger Straße Pariser Platz Potsdamer Platz Schloßplatz Unter den Linden

Photogallery

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  Brandenburg Gate
• 
  Fernsehturm
• 
  Rotes Rathaus
• 
  Alexanderplatz
• 
  Unter den Linden
• 
  Humboldt Varsity o Berlin
• 
  Museum für Naturkunde
• 
  Potsdamer Platz
• 
  Pergamon Museum
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  Berlin Cathedral an Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
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  Inside Berlin State Opera
• 
  Nikolaiviertel
• 
  Museum Island
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  St. Hedwig's Cathedral
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  Neue Synagoge
• 
  Gendarmenmarkt wi Französischer Dom an Konzerthaus
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  Deutscher Dom
• 
  Kunsthaus Tacheles
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  Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse
• 
  Sophie-Gips-Höfe

Transportation

Berlin Alexanderplatz railwey station

Mitte is servit bi S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S75, S9 (baith on Berlin Stadtbahn); S1, S2, S25, an U-Bahn lines U2, U5, U6 an U8, as well as numerous tram an bus lines.

See an aw

• Berlin Alexanderplatz railwey station
• Berlin Friedrichstrasse railwey station
• Berlin Potsdamer Platz railwey station

References

1. (in German) Historical infos about Mitte Archived 2014-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Mitte at Wikimedia Commons

• Wabpage o Mitte Ortsteil on www.berlin.de Archived 2014-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

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