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The boroughs and localities of Berlin
Berlin is both a city and one of Germany's federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs (Bezirke in German, also known as districts or administrative districts in English), each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.

Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities (Ortsteile in German, sometimes called subdistricts in English). These localities typically have a historical identity as former independent cities, villages, or rural municipalities that were united in 1920 as part of the Greater Berlin Act, forming the basis for the present-day city and state. The localities do not have their own governmental bodies, but are recognized by the city and the boroughs for planning and statistical purposes. Berliners often identify more with the locality where they live than with the borough that governs them. The localities are further subdivided into statistical tracts, which are mainly used for planning and statistical purposes. The statistical tracts correspond roughly but not exactly with neighbourhoods recognized by residents.

When Greater Berlin was established in 1920, the city was organized into 20 boroughs, most of which were named after their largest component locality, often a former city or municipality; others, such as Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg, were named for geographic features. By 2000, Berlin comprised 23 boroughs, as three new boroughs had been created in East Berlin. An administrative reform in 2001 merged Berlin’s existing boroughs to form the 12 boroughs that make up the city today. As of 2005, these 12 boroughs were made up of a total of 96 officially recognized localities, as listed below.

BoroughPopulation
November 2006		Area
in km²
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf315.70264,72
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg265.84320,16
Lichtenberg258.94452,29
Marzahn-Hellersdorf249.80261,74
Mitte326.50039,47
Neukölln305.69144,93
Pankow358.073103,01
Reinickendorf242.65289,46
Spandau224.34291,91
Steglitz-Zehlendorf288.848102,50
Tempelhof-Schöneberg332.14053,09
Treptow-Köpenick236.722168,42


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  • Borough
  • Localities within that borough

List of boroughs and localities

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Boroughs and localities of Berlin
Boroughs: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf • Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg • Lichtenberg • Marzahn-Hellersdorf • Mitte • Neuklln • Pankow • Reinickendorf • Spandau • Steglitz-Zehlendorf • Tempelhof-Schneberg • Treptow-Kpenick Boroughs (west), 1920-2001: Charlottenburg • Kreuzberg • Neuklln • Reinickendorf • Schneberg • Spandau • Steglitz • Tempelhof • Tiergarten • Wedding • Wilmersdorf • Zehlendorf Boroughs (east), 1920-2001: Friedrichshain • Hellersdorf (1986) • Hohenschnhausen (1985) • Kpenick • Lichtenberg • Marzahn (1979) • Mitte • Pankow • Prenzlauer Berg • Treptow • Weiensee Localities: Adlershof • Britz • Dahlem • Friedrichstadt • Friedenau • Frohnau • Gatow • Grunewald • Hansaviertel • Haselhorst • Heiligensee • Hermsdorf • Karlshorst • Kladow • Lichterfelde West • Mariendorf • Marienfelde • Mrkisches Viertel • Moabit • Nikolaiviertel • Rote Insel • Scheunenviertel • Tegel • Wannsee
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Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland
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Greater Berlin Act (German: Groß-Berlin-Gesetz) of 1920, in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin (German:
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Kreuzberg, located south of Berlin-Mitte, is one of the best-known boroughs of Berlin, famous for its nightlife and its left-leaning electorate as well as its problems with criminality, the drug scene and a very high number of immigrants.
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Prenzlauer Berg is a former borough of Berlin situated in the eastern part of the city. In 2001 Prenzlauer Berg was combined with the former boroughs Pankow and Weißensee under the name of Pankow.
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East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a de facto part of West Germany.
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Berlin is subdivided into 12 boroughs (Bezirke in German), which are administrative units with political rights comparable to incorporated communities in the rest of Germany (although they are not separate legal entities from the city).
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Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf. It encompasses an area of 64.72 km² and has, as of 2003, about 315,200 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Monika Thiemen (SPD).
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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. It encompasses an area of 20.16 km² and has, as of 2003, about 255,200 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Franz Schulz (Green Party).
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Lichtenberg is a borough of Berlin, Germany. In 2001, it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. Lichtenberg now has an area of 52.29 km² and a population (as of 2003) of about 260,200 inhabitants.

The present mayor of the borough is Christina Emmrich (Die Linke).
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Marzahn-Hellersdorf is one of 12 boroughs of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf. It's situated in the northeast of Berlin.
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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
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Neukölln is a borough of Berlin. It encompasses an area of 44.93 km² and has, as of 2003, about 307,400 inhabitants and one of the highest percentage of foreigners in Berlin. Its current mayor is Heinz Buschkowsky (SPD).
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Pankow [ˈpaŋkoː] is a borough of Berlin. In 2001, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. It encompasses an area of 103.
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Reinickendorf is a borough of Berlin. It encompasses an area of 89.50 km² and has, as of December 31 2003, 246,577 inhabitants.

Its current mayor is Marlies Wanjura (CDU).
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Spandau is the westernmost borough (Bezirk) of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel. It encompasses an area of 91.91 km² and has (as of 2003) about 226,100 inhabitants.
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Steglitz-Zehlendorf is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf. It encompasses an area of 102.50 km² and has, as of 2003, about 288,300 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Norbert Kopp (CDU).
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Tempelhof-Schöneberg is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. It encompasses an area of 53.09 km² and has, as of November 2004, about 335.000 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Ekkehard Band (SPD).
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Treptow-Köpenick is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Treptow and Köpenick. It encompasses an area of 168.43 km² and has, as of 2003, about 233,700 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Gabriele Schöttler (SPD).
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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
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The Hansaviertel is a quarter in the Mitte borough of Berlin. It was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but it was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a project of international master architects (Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, etc.
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Moabit is a district in the center of Berlin. Since the beginning of the year 2001 it belongs to the newly regrouped governmental borough of Berlin-Mitte. Previously, from 1920 to 2001, it belonged to the borough of Tiergarten.
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Tiergarten (German for Animal Garden) is the name of both a large park in Berlin and a neighbourhood within the borough of Mitte. Before German reunification, the borough of Tiergarten was a part of West Berlin.
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Wedding is a district in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in north-western Berlin until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in 2001. The former borough of Wedding included the district of Gesundbrunnen.
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Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is a borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. It encompasses an area of 20.16 km² and has, as of 2003, about 255,200 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Franz Schulz (Green Party).
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Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. From its creation in 1920 until an administrative reform in 2001 it was a freestanding city borough.
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Kreuzberg, located south of Berlin-Mitte, is one of the best-known boroughs of Berlin, famous for its nightlife and its left-leaning electorate as well as its problems with criminality, the drug scene and a very high number of immigrants.
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Pankow [ˈpaŋkoː] is a borough of Berlin. In 2001, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. It encompasses an area of 103.
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There are at least three places called Blankenburg.
  • Blankenburg am Harz, a German town in the district of Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt.
  • Bad Blankenburg, a German town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia.

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