Mitte (locality)
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| Founded | 1920 | ||
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| - Total | 10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008-06-30) | |||
| - Total | 79,170 | ||
| - Density | 7,406/km2 (19,181.5/sq mi) | ||
Mitte is a central locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the homonymous district (Bezirk) of Mitte. Until 2001 it was itself an autonomous district.
It is the seat of the berliner city hall (Rotes Rathaus) and of the main tourist attractions of the city. Due to this reasons Mitte is considered the heart of Berlin.
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[edit] History
Due to its position, the history of Mitte corresponds to the history of the entire city until the early 20th century and with the Greater Berlin Act in 1920 it became the first district of the city. During the World War II it was one of the most damaged areas of the city.
During the period 1961-1990 Mitte, one of the most important boroughs of East Berlin but mainly close to the western sector of the city, was surrounded by Berlin Wall. One of the most important borders was the Checkpoint Charlie, nearby Kreuzberg.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Position
Situated in central Berlin and mostly in its old town, it is traversed by the river Spree. It borders with the localities of Tiergarten, Moabit, Wedding, Gesundbrunnen, Prenzlauer Berg (in Pankow district), Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg (both in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district).
[edit] Subdivision
Mitte is subdivided into 13 Zones (Stadtviertel):
- Cölln (1)
- Museum Island (1a)
- Fischer Island (1b)
- Altberlin (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)
[edit] Main sights
[edit] Buildings and structures
[edit] Places, squares and streets
[edit] Photogallery
 Brandenburg Gate |
 Fernsehturm |
 Rotes Rathaus |
 Alexanderplatz |
 Berliner Dom |
 Potsdamer Platz |
 Pergamon Museum |
 Deutscher Dom |
 Nikolaiviertel |
 Museum Island |
 Unter den Linden |
 Friedrichstrasse |
 Neue Synagoge |
 Gendarmenmarkt with Deutscher Dom and Konzerthaus |
 Kunsthaus Tacheles |
 Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse |
[edit] Transportation
As citizen hub, Mitte is heavily served by berliner public transports, including a greater kind of tramway net [1] and most of main bus lines. The S-Bahn lines are S5, S7, S75, S9 (both on Berlin Stadtbahn); S1, S2, S25. The U-Bahn lines are U2, U5, U6 and U8. The main railway stations are Alexanderplatz (S+U+Tram), Friedrichstrasse (S+U+Tram) and Potsdamer Platz (S+U), and a little bit of the structure of Berlin Hauptbahnhof (situated mainly in Moabit and close to Tiergarten) recades in Mitte.
Other S-Bahn stops are Hackescher Markt (S+Tram), Unter den Linden, Oranienburger Strasse (S+Tram), Jannowitzbrücke (S+U) and Nordbahnhof (S+Tram); and there are other 16 stops U-Bahn only.
[edit] References
- ^ Mostly extended in the former eastern sector
[edit] See also
- Berlin Alexanderplatz railway station
- Berlin Friedrichstrasse railway station
- Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station
[edit] External links
Media related to Mitte at Wikimedia Commons- Webpage of Mitte Ortsteil on berlin.de
Coordinates: 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E / 52.51944°N 13.40667°E
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