Mitte (locality)

Mitte
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 / 52.51944°N 13.40667°ECoordinates: 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E / 52.51944°N 13.40667°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

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.

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

Position[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

Higashiōsaka, Japan
Holon, Israel

Main sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]

Biggins an structurs[eedit | eedit soorce]

Places, squares an streets[eedit | eedit soorce]

Photogallery[eedit | eedit soorce]

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

Transportation[eedit | eedit soorce]

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.