(Redirected from Berlin-Mitte)
The location of Mitte in Berlin.
'Berlin-Mitte' or 'Mitte' is the 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
Pergamon Museum,
Brandenburg Gate,
Charité 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 the former
East Berlin, was combined with the boroughs of
Wedding and
Tiergarten (both of which formerly belonged to
West Berlin) to form the new Mitte borough. The new borough encompasses an area of 39.47 km² and has, as of 2003, about 320,700 inhabitants. The quarters of Mitte are
Gesundbrunnen,
Hansaviertel, Mitte,
Moabit,
Tiergarten and
Wedding. Its current mayor is
Christian Hanke (
SPD).
External links
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Official homepage
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Official homepage of Berlin